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Sri Lanka names general accused of war crimes as army chief, faces international backlash over selection
•A general accused of war crimes was Monday appointed Sri Lanka army chief
Sri Lanka Easter Sunday bombings likely to be NIA's first case after amendment of Act, says MHA official
•The Easter Sunday bombings case in Sri Lanka is likely to be the first case for the National Investigation Agency to probe after a parliamentary amendment empowered it to investigate terror cases abroad.
Maithripala Sirisena, Mahinda Rajapaksa to decide on releasing Tamil prisoners 'soon', says Sri Lanka PM's son Namal
•Mahinda Rajapaksa claims he has enough numbers to prove his majority and at least six of Wickremasinghe's men have defected to his side.
Army chief General Bipin Rawat to begin 4-day visit to Sri Lanka tomorrow for military cooperation
•Army Chief General Bipin Rawat will begin a four-day visit to Sri Lanka on Monday with an aim to take forward the military cooperation between the two countries to the "next level".
Sri Lanka Army to set up directorate to counter war crime charges levied on it during final phase of conflict with LTTE
•The Sri Lankan Army has set up a special international directorate tasked with countering allegations of war crimes, Army Chief Mahesh Senanayake has said
India-Sri Lanka joint military exercise 'Mitra Shakti' kicks off, focus to be on counter-terrorism
•The fifth India-Sri Lanka joint training exercise "Mitra Shakti 2017" focusing on counter-terrorism operations kicked off on Friday at Aundh Military Station
India and Sri Lankan armies to carry out two-week long joint military exercise from 13 October
•The armies of India and Sri Lanka will hold a 13-day joint exercise in Pune beginning Friday with a focus on enhancing interoperability in counterterror operations
Sri Lanka deploys soldiers to destroy mosquito breeding grounds as dengue claims 215 lives
•Sri Lanka deployed soldiers to destroy mosquito breeding grounds as they battle the spread of dengue that has killed a record 215 people, officials said.
Sri Lanka's Islamic party calls for removing excess army camps from Northern areas
Ians •Sri Lanka government battled Tamil Tiger rebels in a brutal war which saw thousands killed on both sides.
Lankan Tamils commemorate death anniversary of civil war victims
•Sri Lanka's Tamil-dominated Northern province commemorated the civilians who died during the civil war between the LTTE and the army