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Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa visited the famous Kashi Vishwanath temple in Varanasi and offered prayers and obeisance to the Dhamekh Stupa.

Four-time champions India emerged victorious over Sri Lanka in their opening match of the ICC Under-19 World Cup in South Africa. Siddesh Veer was the Man-of-the-match

After winning the T20I series against Sri Lanka, Indian batsmen have made significant gains in the ICC rankings. India won the three-match rubber 2-0

Sri Lankan foreign minister Dinesh Gunawardena on January 10 said that India and Sri Lanka are working together to combat the menace. A Delhi court on January 10 dismissed a petition by an NGO that asked permission to meet four convicts in the Nirbhaya rape case to convey them a message regarding organ donation. Do not miss the headlines of the day on MyNation in 100 seconds.
 

India and Sri Lanka are working together to combat terrorism, Sri Lankan foreign minister Dinesh Gunawardena said. He added that India had announced special financial assistance to Sri Lanka to help in counterterrorism.
 

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While the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 was passed in the Lok Sabha to grant citizenship to non-Muslim refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan, spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar requested the Centre to grant citizenship to Sri Lankan Tamilians who are residing in India as refugees for the past 35 years

Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated that the outcome of his “in-depth” discussions with Sri Lanka is that the two countries have decided to cooperate in counter-terrorism training. India announced financial assistance of USD 400 million and USD 50 million to Sri Lanka for counter-terrorism.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced financial assistance of $450 million to Sri Lanka including $50 million for counterterrorism after holding talks with the visiting Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.

Prime Minister said that the Rajapaksa government would take forward the reconciliation process to meet the aspirations of Tamil community in Sri Lanka which also includes the implementation of the 13th Amendment.
 

Hello and welcome to this episode of The Handshake, my name is Amal Chowdhury and today we will be talking about how India and Sri Lanka need a fresh start in diplomacy.
 

Earlier, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, a former defence secretary and brother of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, based his campaign on providing strong leadership on national security issues.

New Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapakse is seen to be closer to China, which lends heavily to Sri Lanka. India would tread cautiously as China would look to expand its naval presence in the Indian Ocean while India hates to concede space in the region. 

Taking to Twitter, Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Sri Lanka's former defence chief Gotabaya Rajapaksa on winning the 2019 Presidential elections