Sushma meets Sri Lankan President
Colombo, Sep 1 Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Friday met Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena here and discussed issues of bilateral interest. “Meeting...
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India calls for peaceful, secure Indian Ocean
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Colombo, Aug 31 (IANS) India on Thursday called for a peaceful, stable and secure Indian Ocean with its waters free of any traditional and non-traditional threats....
Modi inaugurates multi-specialty hospital in Sri Lanka
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Dickoya (Sri Lanka), May 12 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated a multi-specialty hospital built with Indian aid at Dickoya in the central Sri Lankan...
Modi lights up lamps at Sri Lankan temple
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Colombo, May 12 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday took part in a traditional lamp lighting ceremony at a Buddhist temple here as part of...
Sri Lanka MoU aimed at greater economic cooperation: India
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New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) A memorandum of understanding on cooperation in economic projects signed between India and Sri Lanka during Sri Lankan Prime Minister...
India to help Sri Lanka build roads in Jaffna
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New Delhi, April 27 India has agreed to help develop the road infrastructure in Sri Lanka’s Jaffna region, official sources said on Wednesday. The issue...
India, Sri Lanka sign MoU on cooperation in economic projects
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New Delhi, April 26 India and Sri Lanka on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in economic projects following talks between Prime...
Sri Lanka PM to visit India ahead of Modi visit
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New Delhi, April 21 Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will be visiting India from April 25-29, ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modis scheduled visit in...
Myanmar to join SASEC at Finance Ministers’ Delhi meeting
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New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) Myanmar, which has joined the South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) programme as its seventh member, will be officially welcomed...
India to donate 8 water bowsers to drought-hit Sri Lanka
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Colombo, Feb 22 India is to donate eight water bowsers or large tanks and 100 metric tons of rice to Sri Lanka, as part of...
Sri Lankan Airlines named ‘best in South Asia’
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Colombo, Feb 20 Sri Lankan Airlines, the island country’s flag carrier, was named “the Best Airline in South Asia” by China’s Top Travel magazine, the...
‘South Asian nations must work to achieve goals for peace’ : Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan
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Indore, Feb 18 (IANS) Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Saturday said the South Asian countries must work in tandem to achieve the goals for...
Indian team in Sri Lanka to monitor progress of projects
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Colombo, Feb 18 (IANS) A team from the Export-Import Bank of India was in Sri Lanka to monitor the progress of projects under India’s Lines...
South Asian Speakers Summit begins in Madhya Pradesh
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Indore, Feb 18 (IANS) The two-day South Asian Speakers Summit was inaugurated by Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan here in Madhya Pradesh on Saturday. The speakers...
President of India Greets Sri Lanka on its Independence Day
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The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee has extended his greetings and felicitations to the Government and people of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka on...
President wants progress in India-Sri Lanka projects
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New Delhi, Nov 8 President Pranab Mukherjee told his Sri Lankan counterpart Maithripala Sirisena that both countries should “expeditiously implement the large developmental projects” they...
India, Sri Lanka share concerns about cross-border terrorism
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New Delhi, Oct 6 India and Sri Lanka have shared concerns over cross-border terrorism in a meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Sri...
Rajnath seeks Sri Lanka’s support in isolating terror sponsors
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New Delhi, Oct 6 Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday urged Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe that both countries should unite in isolating and...