Anura Dissanayake takes oath as Sri Lanka’s 9th President
Colombo, Sep 23 (IANS) Anura Dissanayake, leader of the Marxist-leaning Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) party, was sworn in on Monday as the ninth President of...
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PM Modi congratulates Sri Lanka’s Dissanayake for winning presidential elections
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New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday congratulated Anura Kumara Dissanayake for his victory in the Sri Lankan Presidential elections and...
EAM Jaishankar interacts with new Lankan Foreign Service recruits
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New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Monday interacted with the latest batch of Sri Lanka Foreign Service (SLFS) officers who...
Sri Lanka sets crucial Presidential poll for September 21
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Colombo, July 26 (IANS) Sri Lanka has set the crucial Presidential election for September 21, the Election Commission announced on Friday morning. The gazette notification...
Sri Lanka plans to issue e-passports from next year
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Colombo, July 17 (IANS) Sri Lanka is scheduled to provide e-passports to its citizens effective from January 2025, a statement from the country’s Department of...
Rakesh Ramanlal Shah appointed Honorary Consul of Sri Lanka in Gujarat, receives Commission of Appointment
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New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) Rakesh Ramanlal Shah, Chairman & Managing Director of GSEC Ltd, who was appointed as the Honorary Consul for Sri Lanka...
SL thanks India, key bilateral creditors for finalising $10 billion debt deal
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Colombo, June 27 (IANS) With a major move to turn around the country’s worst-ever financial crisis, Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe thanked India and other...
Visit of External Affairs Minister, Dr. S. Jaishankar to Sri Lanka
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New Delhi, June 21: External Affairs Minister (EAM), Dr. S. Jaishankar paid an official visit to Sri Lanka on 20 June 2024. It is the...
EAM Jaishankar to visit Sri Lanka as India amplifies ‘Neighbourhood First’ policy
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New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) In what would be his first bilateral visit after the formation of the BJP-led NDA government under the leadership of...
Negotiations underway on sale of surplus renewable energy to India: Lankan President
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New Delhi, June 17 (IANS) Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Sunday that negotiations are currently underway regarding the sale of surplus renewable energy...
Bhutan PM, Sri Lankan President arrive in Delhi to attend PM Modi’s swearing-in ceremony
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New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) Bhutan PM Tshering Tobgay and Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe arrived in New Delhi on Sunday for the swearing-in ceremony...
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Foreign leaders to attend swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi
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New Delhi, June 08 Foreign Leaders have confirmed there participation for the swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and the Council of Ministers....
Hailing PM Modi’s re-election, Sri Lanka backs India’s permanent seat at UNSC
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Colombo, June 5 (IANS) Congratulating Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the BJP-led NDA’s “historic” achievement of securing three consecutive victories in the Lok Sabha elections,...
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World leaders congratulate PM Modi, BJP for ‘historic’ third term
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ew Delhi, June 5 (IANS) As Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to form the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre for the third consecutive...
Supreme Court of India organises Training Programme for Registry Officials of Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
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New Delhi, May 16: A delegation consisting of 15 officials of the Sri Lankan Supreme Court successfully completed a four-day training program from 9th May to13th May...
UPI services launched in Sri Lanka, Mauritius
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New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) India on Monday successfully launched its Unified Payment Interface (UPI) services in Sri Lanka and Mauritius. RuPay card services were...
UPI goes live in Sri Lanka
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Colombo, 12 February 2024: Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi along with the President of Sri Lanka, Ranil Wickremesinghe and the Prime Minister of Mauritius, Pravind Jugnauth...
PM Modi congratulates Bangladesh’s Sheikh Hasina on poll victory
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New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi called on his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina and congratulated her for securing a historic fourth consecutive...
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ENVOYS OF FIVE NATIONS PRESENT CREDENTIALS TO THE PRESIDENT OF INDIA
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New Delhi, Jan 05: The President of India, Droupadi Murmu accepted credentials from the Ambassadors/High Commissioners of Azerbaijan, Lesotho, Zambia, Sri Lanka and Greece at...
The President, Droupadi Murmu accepted credentials from Kshenuka Dhireni Senewiratne, High Commissioner of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
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The President, Droupadi Murmu accepted credentials from Kshenuka Dhireni Senewiratne, High Commissioner of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New...
Sri Lanka records $1.8 bn tourism revenue till Nov
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Colombo, Dec 9 (IANS) Sri Lanka recorded $1.8 billion tourism revenue till November this year, 78.3 per cent up from the corresponding period previous year,...