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Indian High Commissioner Jha meets Sri Lanka's ex-president RajapaksaIndian High Commissioner Santosh Jha met former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa to discuss India-Sri Lanka bilateral relations and c...
Sri Lanka's Supreme Court extends overseas travel ban on Rajapaksa brothers till Aug 2Mahinda and Basil's brother Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the former Sri Lankan President, arrived in Singapore on July 14 on a private visit from th...
Mahinda Rajapaksa, Basil won't leave Sri Lanka until SC hears petition, their lawyers saySri Lanka, a country of 22 million people, is under the grip of an unprecedented economic turmoil, the worst in seven decades, leaving mill...
Sri Lanka reimposes curfew in Western Province, no signs of Rajapaksa's resignationSri Lankan authorities on Thursday reimposed curfew in the Western Province as confusion sparked over President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resign...
Maldivian Parliament Speaker Nasheed negotiated President Rajapaksa's escape from Sri Lanka: SourcesRajapaksa is likely to send his resignation letter only after reaching his final destination in Maldives. Sri Lanka's The Morning news port...
Petition filed in Lankan Supreme Court seeking travel restriction on Rajapaksa brothers, other influential personsThe petition filed by Sri Lankan swimmer and coach Julian Bolling, former Chairman of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce Chandra Jayaratne, glo...
Sri Lanka on the boil, demand for President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resignation intensifies as protest enters 50th daySri Lanka's economic crisis has created political unrest with a protest occupying the entrance to the president's office demanding his resi...
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa swears in 8 more ministers amid Sri Lanka crisisPresident Rajapaksa on Friday had expanded his Cabinet to include nine more ministers in an effort to ensure stability until a full Cabinet...
Sri Lanka's controversial 21st Amendment to Constitution likely to come up for Cabinet approval on Monday: Justice MinisterThe 21st Amendment is expected to annul the 20A which gave unfettered powers to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa after abolishing the 19th Amen...
Sri Lanka: PM Ranil Wickremesinghe says no shoot-on-sight orders given during violenceThe Prime Minister said that the Police can use their discretion and open fire if there is a need to do so but there are procedures to foll...
New Lankan PM inducts 4 ministers into Cabinet; Peiris retained as foreign ministerSri Lanka's ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) party has decided to offer crucial support to Wickremesinghe, who has just one seat i...
Lawyer moves court for arrest of ex-Lankan PM Mahinda Rajapaksa for attack on protestersAccording to Daily Mirror, a personal complaint has been lodged before the Colombo Magistrate's Court by a lawyer requesting to direct the ...
Sri Lanka PM Mahinda Rajapaksa proposes to amend Constitution to create accountable administration"The Prime Minister is expected to propose to the Cabinet a Constitutional Amendment that would include the Executive, Judiciary and the Le...
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa invites independent MPs to discuss economic crisisLast week the entire Sri Lankan cabinet resigned apart from Mahinda at a time when the country was facing its worst economic crisis since g...
Rajapaksas’ pro-China legacy a cause for concern in India?Behind PM Modi's tweet congratulating Gotabaya Rajapaksa on being elected Sri Lanka's new president and Rajapaksa accepting Modi's invite t...
Sri Lanka's Rajapaksa loses power after decade as President, concedes defeat to Mithripala SirisenaRajapaksa was taken by surprise by the candidacy of former health minister Sirisena, who walked out of the government a day after polls wer...
China kicks off work on $230 million water project in Sri LankaThe project will be spearheaded by the China Machinery Engineering Corporation (CMEC) and will involve laying of over 1,000 km of water pip...
Sri Lanka opposition challenges Mahinda Rajapaksa's corruption chargesSri Lankas's main opposition party UNP today challenged President Mahinda Rajapaksa's claim of having files of corruption details by his de...
- Rights abuse charges haunt Mahinda Rajapaksa, David Cameron gives ultimatum
The President, credited with ending the 30-year war against terror but facing criticism over rights violations, made a veiled attack on Cam...
Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa saddened by Bodh Gaya explosions: OfficialNine serial explosions on Sunday rocked the temple town of Bodh Gaya in Bihar, including four in the Mahabodhi Temple complex, injuring two...