ByAPDWriterEaswaranCOLOMBO,Aug.30(APD)-SriLanka'sPresidentMaithripalaSirisenaonWednesdaysaidheisconfidenthiscoalitiongovernmentwillcontinueuntil2020.Sirisenatol
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Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena left for Britain on Wednesday to attend an anti-corruption summit, his office said.
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Monday left for an official visit to Germany to further strengthening the economic and trade cooperation between the two countries, his office said here.
Politics in Sri Lanka is taking strange turns. For nearly a decade Sri Lanka was under an all-powerful president, an imposing man who ended a three decade war and carried out massive infrastructure projects, resulting in five years of 7 percent growth.
Sri Lanka's newly-elected President Maithripala Sirisena swore in a 27-member cabinet along with nine deputy ministers here on Monday.
Political party crossovers, election law violations and an intense debate over Sri Lanka's economic future are the main ingredients that spice up the island' s presidential election scheduled for early January next year.
Wheels have been set in motion to make history in Sri Lanka after incumbent President Mahinda Rajapaksa called for snap presidential elections on Jan. 8 and sought a third term.
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