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Sri Lanka rejects UN call for probe into civil war atrocities
Mar 05, 2017 17:01Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has rejected a United Nations call for allowing international judges to investigate alleged crimes during the country’s civil war era.
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Iran underlines private sector willingness to make investment in Sri Lanka
Mar 04, 2017 11:00Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Iranian firms and companies are ready to widen presence in Sri Lankan market and invest in its technical and engineering sectors.
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‘Sri Lanka interested in buying oil from Iran’
Jan 15, 2017 09:52Sri Lanka says it is still interested in purchasing crude oil as well as oil products from Iran.
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Thousands evacuated after fire, blasts at Sri Lankan army camp
Jun 06, 2016 08:28Thousands of people have been evacuated from areas near Sri Lanka’s capital, Colombo, where a fire at an ammunition depot has caused a series of explosions.