Sri Lanka Foreign Minister briefs India-based envoys on human rights issues ahead of UNHRC sessionSri Lanka has taken "substantial steps" with a view to "accountability, restorative justice and meaningful reconciliation" related to human...
22 Feb, 2022, 09.30 PM IST
Grateful to India for helping us tide over economic crisis, says Sri Lanka Foreign Minister PeirisPeiris, who has been credited among few others with the turnaround in the Lanka-India ties amid China's growing presence in the island nati...
09 Feb, 2022, 07.37 AM IST
Sri Lankan foreign minister to hold talks with JaishankarIndia on Wednesday extended a USD 500 million (one million is equal to Rs 10 lakhs) credit line to Sri Lanka to help it purchase petroleum ...
06 Feb, 2022, 02.50 PM IST
Lankan Foreign Minister on Delhi trip to expand political & economic tiesPeiris, a strong votary of India-Lanka ties, is an experienced hand and in his maiden bilateral trip abroad since he was reappointed Lankan...
04 Feb, 2022, 09.26 PM IST
Sirisena suspends parliament till Nov 16 as political crisis deepens in LankaSirisena's move is seen as an effort to allow former strongman Mahinda Rajapaksa to buy more time to seek majority in parliament.
27 Oct, 2018, 04.43 PM IST
Maithripala Sirisena says there was a plan to deny him Sri Lanka presidencySirisena, 63, accused two-time president Rajapaksa, 69, of personally targeting him for vicious attacks using the stage media.
26 Jan, 2015, 03.03 PM IST
NSA Ajit Doval meets Rajapaksa, opposition leaders in Sri LankaDiscussing bilateral relations with Rajapaksa at President's House, Doval expressed satisfaction on the quality and range of relations betw...
02 Dec, 2014, 05.42 PM IST
Lanka minister hails Sri Lanka, India relationsThe minister said India, Sri Lanka and the Maldives are working together in the spirit of regional cooperation in order to ensure regional ...
14 Nov, 2014, 09.55 PM IST
Sri Lanka needs no pacts to promote goodwill with India: GL Peiris"We will not let our country used by anybody to act against security and safety of India," GL Peiris told Lankan Parliament today.
22 Jul, 2014, 09.30 PM IST
India fears growth of fundamentalism in Sri Lanka after riotsCounter-terrorism experts are uncomfortable with the silence of Jamaat-ud-Dawa Chief Hafiz Saeed, and see a larger game plan of the ISI/Las...
04 Jul, 2014, 04.59 AM IST
Sri Lanka confident of containing any move to revive LTTESri Lanka will "nip in the bud" any attempt to revive LTTE, even as there was "compelling evidence" that banned outfit was carrying out a g...
24 Apr, 2014, 05.54 PM IST
India refuses to support Sri Lanka against US resolution in UNHRCThe government has refused to commit Sri Lanka any support against a US-sponsored UN resolution.
01 Feb, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
US responsible for Lanka's successive UNHRC defeat: PeirisSome countries had to support the UN resolutions against Sri Lanka over its human rights records due to factors which affected their bilate...
07 Dec, 2013, 09.17 PM IST
Manmohan Singh's absence not a setback for CHOGM: Sri LankaPeiris said Sri Lanka understands the domestic political compulsions which had forced the Indian PM to take such a decision.
10 Nov, 2013, 08.53 PM IST
Sri Lanka hopes to attract foreign investment through Commonwealth Heads of Government MeetingSri Lanka plans to use this month's Commonwealth summit to achieve its social justice goals through economic development & hopes to attract...
04 Nov, 2013, 05.56 PM IST
Sri Lanka asks EU to help stop LTTE fundingSri Lanka today asked for sustained vigilance on the part of the European Union to stop funding of the LTTE by the outfit's front organisat...
20 Jul, 2013, 02.58 PM IST
- Lanka denies visas to UN panel on rights abuse
Sri Lankan government declared that it would refuse visas for UN panel members appointed to investigate alleged human rights abuses during ...
25 Jun, 2010, 07.50 AM IST