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Have evidence against Mahinda Rajapaksa regime members: Lanka government"Investigations are nearing end. All will be arrested and taken to court," said Rajitha Senaratne, Minister of Health and government spokes...
Sri Lankan ruling party refuses to make Rajapaksa PM candidateRajapaksa will not be given party ticket from either the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) or its broader United People's Freedom Alliance (UP...
Lanka may release Tamil mother next week during Modi's visitCabinet spokesperson Rajitha Senaratne last month said the new government was considering the release of political detainees.
Sri Lanka passes bill to protect victims of crimes and the witnessesFormer president Mahinda Rajapaksa's government had been contemplating to introduce the bill under international pressure.
India, Sri Lanka discuss bilateral cooperation in health sectorThis was decided during a meeting between the Union Health Minister J P Nadda and Rajitha Senaratne, Minister of Health and Indigenous Medi...
Presidential task force for reconciliation in Sri LankaThe LTTE, based in north and east of Sri Lanka, were fighting for an independent state for the country's 12 per cent minority Tamils.
Sri Lanka's Chief Justice Mohan Peiris refuses to step down unless given a diplomatic postingPeiris, who was appointed 44th Chief Justice by Rajapaksa after the impeachmenet of Shirani Bandaranayake, is one of the suspects in the in...
On first official trip, new Sri Lanka foreign minister to visit India on January 18Newly appointed Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka, Mangala Samaraweera, will visit India on January 18, his first foreign tour after assuming o...
Sri Lanka's new government to probe Mahinda Rajapaksa's 'coup' bid: SpokesmanRajapaksa, 69, was widely lauded for conceding defeat in the presidential election on Friday, even before the last votes had been counted.
India to be Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena's first foreign destinationSenaratne said Prime Minister Narendra Modi and British PM David Cameron were among the first to congratulate Sirisena.
Sri Lanka to prosecute LTTE leader wanted for Rajiv Gandhi killingMaithripala Sirisena's top aide and spokesman Rajitha Senaratne said they were also trying to locate KP and investigating reports that he h...
Will use international mechanisms, if India exploits our fishing resources: Sri Lankan Minister Rajitha SenaratneSri Lanka cautioned against anyone "exploiting" its fisheries resources saying it could take the matter to international forums.
Will use international mechanisms, if India exploits our fishing resources: Lankan Fisheries Minister"If anyone tried to exploit Sri Lanka's fishing resources, we will resort to international mechanisms," Lankan minister Rajitha Senaratne s...
25 Indian fishermen arrested in Sri LankaSri Lankan Navy on Tuesday arrested 25 Indian fishermen for allegedly poaching in the country's waters, officials said.
Sri Lanka seeks more time; fishermen's association meet postponed to January 27Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has directed that talks between fishermen representatives of India and Sri Lanka scheduled in Chennai on Januar...
- India, Sri Lanka to release each other's fishermen, vessels
Asked about the key issues likely to figure in the meeting, Senaratne said his country would raise the issue of bottom trawling by Indian f...
- India emerging as construction tool sourcing base
India is becoming multi-billion dollar construction equipment and component sourcing base and this will be highly beneficial for Sri Lanka,...