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Current Affairs : November 12, 2018

Main current events of November 12, 2018 are as follows: National Current Events 130th birth anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad observed as National Education Day on November...

November 12, 2018

Sri Lankan PM leaves Presidents Party, joins newly-formed Sri Lanka People's Party

Newly appointed Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa ended his five-decade-long association with Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and joined newly-formed Sri Lanka People’s Party (SLPP). SLFP was...

November 12, 2018

Mahinda Rajapaksha sworn in as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has sacked Ranil Wickremesinghe, incumbent prime minister of Sri Lanka and appointed former President Mahinda Rajapaksha as new Prime Minister. In recent times,...

October 27, 2018

India to operate Sri Lanka’s loss-making Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport in Hambantota

India will operate the Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport as a Sri Lanka-India joint venture in Hambantota. The $210 million facility, 241km south-east of Colombo, is dubbed the “world’s...

July 6, 2018

Sri Lanka General Elections 2015: UNFGG emerges as largest group

United National Party (UNP) led United National Front for Good Governance (UNFGG) has emerged as largest group by winning 106 seats out of total 225 seats in Sri...

August 19, 2015

Sri Lanka’s new government reinstates impeached chief justice Shirani Bhandaranayake

Sri Lanka’s new government led by President Maithiripala Sirisena has reinstated former Chief Justice Shirani Bhandaranayake to her former position. She was impeached by the previous government of...

January 28, 2015

India to build 43,000 housing units for dislocated Tamils in Sri Lanka

India will build 43,000 housing units for resettlement and rehabilitation of the war affected and dislocated Tamils in Sri Lanka’s former troubled areas in the northern and eastern...

July 16, 2012

Current Affairs : June 27, 2011

17th SAARC summit 17th SAARC summit to be held in Maldives from the November 10, 2011 Theme of the two-day summit will be -“building bridges” Objective of selecting...

June 29, 2011

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