Sri Lanka police produce before court millions of rupees found inside President's house during uprisingHundreds of anti-government protesters on July 9 stormed the then president Rajapaksa's residence in central Colombo's high-security Fort a...
30 Jul, 2022, 01.21 PM IST
Former diplomats, academics share their views on Gotabaya Rajapaksa's private visit to SingaporeAlthough Rajapaksa has not requested asylum, it is within his rights as a passport holder to visit Singapore, the TODAY newspaper reported ...
16 Jul, 2022, 07.33 AM IST
India-Lanka-Maldives identify four areas of cooperation to fight spread of terror via seaThe deputy NSA level meeting of six states titled ‘Colombo Security Conclave’ held on Wednesday identified four pillars of cooperation Mari...
06 Aug, 2021, 08.28 PM IST
UN begins monitoring Sri Lanka after adverse resolution at rights body, says new reportThe resolution titled 'Promotion of Reconciliation Accountability and Human Rights in Sri Lanka' was adopted by the 47-member Human Rights ...
24 Mar, 2021, 05.24 PM IST
Gotabaya Rajapaksa: Controversial 'war hero' who ended Sri Lanka's 3-decade-long bloody civil conflictThe 70-year-old politician, who as a former military man attended the counter-insurgency and jungle warfare school in Assam in 1980, served...
17 Nov, 2019, 01.10 PM IST
Sri Lanka names controversial field commander as Army chiefPresident Maithripala Sirisena's office on Monday announced that Lt Gen Shavendra Silva has been named as the new army commander.
19 Aug, 2019, 05.57 PM IST
Mahinda Rajapaksa's son granted bail; brother arrested by Sri Lanka policeNamal Rajapaksa was arrested last week and kept under remand custody till today, becoming the second son of the former president to be rema...
18 Jul, 2016, 03.44 PM IST
Ex-strongman Rajapaksa's son arrested in Sri LankaFormer Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa's son was arrested today along with four other people over money laundering allegations.
30 Jan, 2016, 07.51 PM IST
Lanka disappearances probe panel asks 1,500 people to deposeOver 1,500 people have been asked to depose before a Sri Lankan government-appointed panel probing the disappearances of Tamils.
11 Dec, 2015, 11.10 PM IST
Ex-chief of Sri Lanka's market regulator Nalaka Godahewa held for misappropriationNalaka Godahewa was arrested for criminal breach of trust and misappropriation of state funds, said police spokesman Ruwan Gunasekera.
07 Dec, 2015, 04.51 PM IST
New Lankan government resumes probe against Mahinda Rajapaksa loyalistsSri Lanka's new government has resumed investigations against members of the Mahinda Rajapaksa regime for alleged misdeeds soon after Monda...
21 Aug, 2015, 09.59 PM IST
Former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa's wife questioned by police over graftAn investigation is currently being carried out into the bank account of the 'Siriliya Saviya.' The former First Lady is the patron of the ...
01 Jun, 2015, 04.22 PM IST
Human Rights Watch slams promotion of Sri Lanka civil war generalNew York-based Human Rights Watch condemned the promotion of general decorated for defeat of Tamil Tigers in 2009 that ended over 3-decade ...
17 May, 2015, 11.14 PM IST
- Ex Lankan envoy faces probe for arms deals with Ukraine rebels
The pro-Russian rebels are fighting Ukranian troops largely in the Donetsk province in the eastern region of the country.
22 Mar, 2015, 04.30 PM IST
We understand PM's compulsion for skipping meet: Prasad KariyawasamTo my mind our region would have benefited from Indian PM's presence in Colombo as top leaders from leading Commonwealth nations were prese...
21 Nov, 2013, 08.24 PM IST
Subramanian Swamy asks US to work with Sri Lanka on resolution at UNHRCBased on his feedback from State Department officials, he said that US resolution is unlikely to dictate terms to Sri Lanka.
08 Mar, 2013, 02.11 PM IST
- Sri Lankan President rules out autonomy for Tamils
President Rajapaksa gave the example of people of Sinhala, Tamil and Muslim communities living together in harmony.
05 Feb, 2013, 06.52 PM IST