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Mahinda Rajapaksa

Morning News Headlines (December 15, 2018)

Odisha News Insight Dec 15, 2018 0

ONI Bureau: Good Morning Readers! Here are the Morning News Bulletin on India and World by Odisha News Insight. — Indigo security has received a bomb threat call at Mumbai Airport for Mumbai-Delhi flight; Operations have resumed,…

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Sri Lanka not to sign proposed economic agreement with India

Odisha News Insight Dec 9, 2015 0

Colombo, Dec 9: The Sri Lankan government on Wednesday insisted that it will not sign an economic partnership agreement with India as proposed by the previous Mahinda Rajapaksa administration. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told…

World

UNF wins Sri Lanka battle, Mahinda Rajapaksa concedes defeat

Odisha News Insight Aug 19, 2015 0

Colombo, Aug 18: Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's UNF on Tuesday won a keenly fought parliamentary election, winning 106 of the 225 seats. The opposition led by former president Mahinda Rajapaksa conceded defeat. "Let us…

World

Sri Lankan Presidential Polls: Rajapaksa concedes Defeat

Odisha News Insight Jan 9, 2015 0

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa conceded defeat in the presidential election, according to the president's office Friday. President Rajapaksa said during a meeting with opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe that he accepted the…

World

Sri Lankan Presidential Elections: Voting Ends

Odisha News Insight Jan 8, 2015 0

Hundreds of thousands voted across Sri Lanka Thursday in presidential elections in which incumbent Mahinda Rajapaksa is being challenged by opposition candidate Maithripala Sirisena. Barring a grenade attack in the northern Tamil town of…