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There is some truth to social media reports that claim UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe has been nominated for the post of UN Secretary General, confirmed MP John Amaratunge.

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The Maldives said that it is keen to work closely with the new Sri Lankan Government.

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පැහැර ගැනීමකට ලක්වී ලිංගික හිංසනයට ද ලක්වූ බව කියන කොළඹ ස්විස් තානාපති කාර්යාලයේ ශී‍්‍ර ලංකා නිලධාරිනිය වෛද්‍ය පරීක්‍ෂණයකට ලක් නොකර ජිනීවා නුවරට ගෙන යෑම සඳහා ස්විස් නිලධාරීන් සැලසුම් කරන බව ආරංචි මාර්ග ඊයේ (02 දා) හෙළි කළේය.

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The National Investigation Agency on Saturday filed a charge sheet against two Islamic State operatives including the leader of the outfit’s Coimbatore module - Mohammed Azarudeen and his associate - Sheikh Hidayatullah, who were in touch with the April 21 Sri Lanka bombings mastermind - Maulvi Zahran bin Hashim and were planning to carry out similar strikes in Kerala and Tamil Nadu, the Hindustan Times reported.

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Sri Lanka has told China and India to respect its identity as a sovereign nation.

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Pakistani Foreign Minister Shad Mahmood Qureshi called on President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat yesterday. A President’s Media communique said that Pakistan’s Foreign Minister extended warm greetings to President Rajapaksa on his and his government’s behalf. Qureshi expressed Pakistan’s keen interest in further strengthening bilateral relations with Sri Lanka especially in the areas of economic development, trade, security cooperation and regional cooperation, the communique said.

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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will review the policies of the new Government and steps it will take with regard to past agreements with the global body.
The former Government had reached an agreement with the IMF, resulting in the disbursement of IMF funds for Sri Lanka under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF). Among the economic measures implemented by the former Government in line with IMF expectations was a fuel pricing formula.

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Maldives Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid is to visit Sri Lanka to have talks with the new Government.

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China and Sri Lanka yesterday agreed to speed up the implementation of large-scale projects and draw up a “new blueprint” for future cooperation following high-level meetings between President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Chinese special envoy Wu Jianghao.

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ඇමරිකාවෙන් එන සියලුම දේට විරුද්ධ වීමට තරම් කුහකකමක් හෝ මෝඩකමක් තමන් තුළ නොමැති බව පිවිතුරු හෙළ උරුමය පක්ෂයේ නායක, පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී උදය ගම්මන්පිල මහතා පවසයි.

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Clarifying the UK's Conservative Party’s stance with regard to its reference to Sri Lanka in its election manifesto, senior party officials said the reference is applicable only to the Middle East but not to Cyprus or Sri Lanka.

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India today invited applications from the children of estate workers, for award of scholarships by the Ceylon Estate Workers’ Education Trust (CEWET).

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The Australian High Commissioner in Sri Lanka David Holly called on President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat yesterday.

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එල්ටිටිඊ ත්‍රස්ත සංවිධානය අපරාධ සංවිධානයක් නොවන බවට ස්විට්සර්ලන්ත ෆෙඩරල් අධිකරණය තීන්දු කර තිබෙනවා. ඒ අනුව එරට නීතිපති කාර්යාලය විසින් චෝදනා ගොනු කර තිබුණු පුද්ගලයින් 12 දෙනෙක් අද (03) දිනයේදී නිදොස් කොට නිදහස් කර ඇති බවයි එරට මාධ්‍ය වාර්තා කර සිටියේ.

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Pakistan Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi handed over a letter today to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa from Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan.

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පසුගියදා ඉන්දුනීසියාවේ ජකාර්තා නුවරදී පැවැති ආසියානු නවෝත්පාදන සමුළුවට පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතාද සහභාගී විය.

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US Ambassador Alaina B. Teplitz yesterday assured to extend support to be part of Sri Lanka’s rising tide, particularly in the areas of partnerships, regulatory consistency, political stability, and rule of law, to boost Sri Lanka’s competitiveness.

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මැලේසියාවේ හා ඉන්දියාවේ සිට එල්.ටී.ටී.ඊ. යළි සක්‍රිය කිරීමට වෙර දරන ලද ඉලක්කියන් මාස්ටර් නමැත්තා ජනාධිපතිවරණයට පෙර මෙරටට පැමිණ ඇතැයි අනාවරණය වේ. එම බුද්ධි තොරතුරු මත පොලිසිය හා ආරක්ෂක අංශවලට අවධානයෙන් සිටින්නැයි දැනුම් දීමක් කර ඇත.