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Sri Lanka holds mock election to test virus measures
Jun 14, 2020 09:31Sri Lanka staged a mock election on Sunday to test measures aimed at preventing the spread of the coronavirus during a parliamentary vote in August.
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President Rouhani congratulates Sri Lanka on National Day
Feb 05, 2020 04:06President Hassan Rouhani offered his congratulations to the Sri Lankan people and government over the South Asian country’s National Day.
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Iran hails successful presidential vote in Sri Lanka
Nov 18, 2019 09:32Iran’s Foreign Ministry congratulated Sri Lanka on holding the presidential election that led to the victory of Gotabaya Rajapaksa successfully and in a calm atmosphere.
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Sri Lanka’s former defense chief claims victory in presidential race
Nov 17, 2019 10:22Sri Lanka’s former defense chief Gotabaya Rajapaksa has claimed victory in the country’s presidential election, and his main challenger has conceded defeat.
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Iran contractor says mega project in Sri Lanka ready for opening
Oct 30, 2019 03:28The CEO of a major Iranian contractor company involved in the construction of a hydropower project in Sri Lanka says works on the massive project has completely finished as he recounts how engineers from around the world were outsmarted by their Iranian rivals every step on the way.
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Resistance to US intervention in Sri Lanka
Aug 18, 2019 11:50Sri Lanka is a participant in the Maritime Belt and Silk Road Initiative (BRI), China’s extensive network of ports and maritime facilities connecting the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
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Sri Lanka president says to veto military deal with US
Jul 06, 2019 11:51Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena has vowed that he will not allow his government to finalize a proposed military deal with the United States that will permit the American troops to have free access to the island country’s ports.
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Sri Lanka curbs Saudi influence after Wahhabi-inspired bombings
Jul 05, 2019 08:45Sri Lanka is moving to curtail Saudi Arabian influence, after some politicians and Buddhist monks blamed the spread of the kingdom’s ultra-conservative Wahhabi school for planting the seeds of militancy that culminated in deadly Easter bomb attacks.
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Police chief faces crimes against humanity charge over Sri Lanka attacks
Jul 01, 2019 11:42Sri Lanka's police chief and a top defense official should be tried for "grave crimes against humanity" over failure to prevent Easter bombings that killed 258, the state prosecutor says.
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Sri Lanka’s Muslims bloodied by Buddhist extremists
Jun 28, 2019 12:14Sri Lanka has become more fragile, fractured and polarized following the Easter Sunday bomb attacks last April as the country’s Muslims are harassed and subjected to violence by mobs of Sinhala Buddhists who form the majority of the island’s population.