Sri Lankan protestors claim they found 17.85 million rupees inside President Rajapaksa's official residenceHundreds of anti-government protesters on Saturday stormed into Rajapaksa's residence in central Colombo's high-security Fort area after br...
10 Jul, 2022, 06.01 PM IST
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to resign on July 13, says Parliament SpeakerPresident Rajapaksa informed the Speaker about this decision to quit after Abeywardena wrote to him seeking his resignation following the a...
10 Jul, 2022, 12.00 AM IST
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 ...
14 May, 2022, 10.30 AM IST
India backs people’s rights and democratic tradition in Sri LankaIndia has extended support worth over $3.5 billion to the people of Sri Lanka this year alone. India has also provided assistance for mitig...
11 May, 2022, 07.51 AM IST
Protests at Sri Lankan naval base housing ex-PM Mahinda RajapaksaViolence erupted in Sri Lanka on Monday after supporters of then prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa attacked peaceful anti-government protest...
10 May, 2022, 04.12 PM IST
Ancestral home of Sri Lanka's Rajapaksas set on fire in HambantotaVideo footage showed the entire house of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and his younger brother and President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in Medam...
10 May, 2022, 10.10 AM IST
Will participate in meeting only in absence of PM Mahinda Rajapaksa and Cabinet: Sri Lankan political leaders"We will be going for the meeting but under one condition that it has to be without the presence of the prime minister (Mahinda Rajapaksa) ...
28 Apr, 2022, 08.50 PM IST
Modi-Rajapaksa Summit could open new opportunities for Indian investments in Sri LankaThe Virtual Bilateral Summit will be Modi’s first such virtual engagement with a neighbouring country and also Rajapaksa’s first diplomatic...
24 Sep, 2020, 10.03 PM IST
After landslide victory, Mahinda Rajapaksa takes oath as Sri Lankan Prime MinisterThe 74-year-old Sri Lanka People's Party (SLPP) leader was administered the oath of office for the ninth Parliament by his younger brother ...
09 Aug, 2020, 10.54 AM IST
Pakistan military ‘offers assistance’ to Sri Lankan Air ForcePakistan Air Force head, Air Chief Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan, met PM Mahinda Rajapaksa in Colombo last week ahead of the latter’s India vi...
11 Feb, 2020, 02.22 PM IST
External Affairs Minister Jaishankar meets Sri Lankan PM Mahinda RajapaksaMahinda Rajapaksa, elder brother of Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, arrived here on Friday on a five-day trip, his first overseas ...
08 Feb, 2020, 01.12 PM IST
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...
18 Nov, 2019, 11.12 AM IST
'I will remain Lankan PM, naming Rajapaksa unconstitutional': Ranil WickremesingheIn a telephonic conversation with a TV station, Ranil Wickremesinghe said "I will continue to be the Prime Minister. Mahinda Rajapaksa's ap...
26 Oct, 2018, 10.19 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
Barack Obama congratulates Sri Lanka's new president Maithripala SirisenaThe US President further said Sri Lankans from all segments of society cast their ballots peacefully, and the voice of the people was respe...
09 Jan, 2015, 11.04 PM IST
Narendra Modi should avoid presence of Lankan President at swearing-in:VaikoVaiko, who wrote a letter to Modi, expressing his sadness about the invitation being extended to Rajapaksa, said he had requested Rajnath t...
23 May, 2014, 01.18 PM IST
Mahinda Rajapaksa congratulates Narendra Modi, invites him on state visitThe BJP win was welcomed in Sri Lanka as the Rajapaksa government's relations with the UPA government had soured over the years.
16 May, 2014, 04.16 PM IST