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...
14 May, 2022, 05.15 PM IST
What caused economic collapse of Sri Lanka?For months, Sri Lankans have had to wait in long lines to buy essential items because a foreign exchange crisis caused shortages of importe...
12 May, 2022, 04.26 PM IST
Sri Lanka crisis: Fleeing ex-PM Mahinda Rajapaksa, family take refuge at naval baseRajapaksa, his wife Shiranthi, and their youngest son Rohitha and his family, left the Prime Minister's official residence, Temple Trees, e...
11 May, 2022, 10.38 AM IST
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resignsThe violence occurred as pressure mounted on the embattled government led by his younger brother and President Gotabaya to form an interim ...
09 May, 2022, 05.44 PM IST
Sri Lanka imposes nationwide curfew; deploys army in ColomboThe violence occurred following reports that Mahinda Rajapaksa may offer to stand down as Prime Minister, as pressure mounted on the embatt...
09 May, 2022, 03.34 PM IST
Lanka crisis: Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa may offer resignation todayThousands of demonstrators have hit the streets across Sri Lanka since April 9, as the government ran out of money for vital imports; price...
09 May, 2022, 11.45 AM IST
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa likely to resign this week, local media saysPrime Minister Rajapaksa will brief the local council members of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) and then, later on, he will announc...
08 May, 2022, 11.13 PM IST
Sri Lanka's Parliament to meet for crucial session after Opposition submits no-trust motions against President, GovernmentSamagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) handed over to the parliamentary Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena motions of no-confidence, even as the govern...
04 May, 2022, 10.42 AM IST
Sri Lanka President ready to remove brother as PM for interim governmentThe president has agreed that a national council will be appointed to name a new prime minister and cabinet comprising all parties in parli...
30 Apr, 2022, 09.03 AM IST
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya asks parties to show majority for interim govt proposalIn the recent weeks, the powerful Buddhist clergy, civil society and trade chambers have demanded the formation of an interim government to...
29 Apr, 2022, 04.31 PM 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
Sri Lankan PM Mahinda Rajapaksa says he won't resign; claims no rift with Prez Gotabaya RajapaksaSri Lanka is currently in the throes of an unprecedented economic turmoil since its independence from Britain in 1948. The crisis is caused...
27 Apr, 2022, 09.23 PM IST
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...
19 Apr, 2022, 11.14 AM IST
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...
11 Apr, 2022, 01.10 PM IST
Sri Lanka Central Bank Governor quits amid mounting economic woesAccording to the Central Bank estimates, inflation and prices of essentials have surged to 17.5 per cent in February this year, and are exp...
04 Apr, 2022, 01.42 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
- DMK threatens to withdraw ministers over Lankan issue
Karunanidhi urged centre for an immediate ceasefire in Sri Lanka.
15 Nov, 2008, 03.43 AM IST