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Newly-elected Sri Lanka President to arrive in India for visit on Thursday
By Press Trust of India | New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON NOV 28, 2019 12:41 AM IST
Rajapaksa will arrive in India on Thursday evening and a ceremonial reception will be held in Rashtrapati Bhawan in his honour on Friday.
Sri Lanka president weighs backing down in crisis over parliament: Reports
By Reuters | Colombo
PUBLISHED ON DEC 01, 2018 11:08 AM IST
The country has been in a crisis since Sirisena replaced Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe with Mahinda Rajapaksa last month, and then issued an order dissolving parliament and called for a general election.