Sri Lanka appoints committee to review Adani wind power projects in Mannar, PoonerynThe Sri Lankan government has appointed a committee to review Adani Green Energy's wind power projects in Mannar and Pooneryn, rather than ...
25 Jan, 2025, 07.49 PM IST
Sri Lanka's Finance Ministry says it's ready to fund increasing presidential candidatesFinance State Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya stated the Sri Lankan presidential election budget remains under Rs 10 billion, despite risi...
11 Aug, 2024, 08.50 PM IST
Modi & team to take oath on June 9; berth talks continueNarendra Modi will be sworn in as India's Prime Minister for his third consecutive term on the evening of Sunday, June 9, at Rashtrapati Bh...
07 Jun, 2024, 12.29 AM IST
Sri Lanka's President Wickremesinghe to hold talks with TNA ahead of visit to IndiaSri Lanka's President Ranil Wickremesinghe will hold talks with the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) on Tuesday in Parliament in a bid to sett...
17 Jul, 2023, 11.59 AM IST
Sri Lanka to be first country in Asia to come under IMF's governance diagnostic exerciseThe IMF is conducting an in-depth governance diagnostic exercise, which will assess corruption and governance vulnerabilities in Sri Lanka ...
21 Mar, 2023, 11.04 AM IST
Ousted Sri Lankan leader Gotabaya Rajapaksa faces arrest calls after returnThe 73-year-old announced his resignation from Singapore and spent weeks under virtual house arrest at a Bangkok hotel lobbying his success...
03 Sep, 2022, 12.30 PM IST
Bankrupt Sri Lanka's deposed president Gotabaya Rajapaksa 'to return home'The 73-year-old fled the island under military guard in July after a huge crowd stormed his official residence, following months of angry p...
02 Sep, 2022, 11.56 AM IST
Sri Lanka's main Opposition party demands ex-president Gotabaya Rajapaksa must be tried for 'misusing funds'"Gotabaya Rajapaksa is a citizen of this country and he has the right to return to his motherland. No one can deny this right. However, he ...
21 Aug, 2022, 12.03 PM IST
Rajapaksa resigns as Sri Lanka's PM, Wickremesinghe to be reinstatedPro-Rajapaksa lawmaker, Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena, had told reporters that Rajapaksa decided in a meeting on Friday with President Sirisena...
15 Dec, 2018, 01.45 PM IST
Sri Lanka crisis: Mahinda Rajapaksa to resign from premiership on Saturday, says sonRajapaksa was appointed as the premier on October 26 by President Maithripala Sirisena after sacking Ranil Wickremesinghe, plunging the nat...
14 Dec, 2018, 08.19 PM IST
Sri Lankan court bars Mahinda Rajapaksa from acting as Prime MinisterThe Appeal Court issued notice and an interim order against Rajapaksa and his Government, preventing them from acting as Prime Minister, Ca...
03 Dec, 2018, 04.56 PM IST
Sri Lanka Speaker recognises Ranil Wickremesinghe as prime ministerThe speaker said Wickremesinghe's request to retain the security and privileges of PM was fair until another candidate could prove a majori...
28 Oct, 2018, 04.47 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
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena vows to resettle displaced Tamils within six monthsSri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has promised to set up a special task force to resettle Tamils within six months.
21 Dec, 2015, 01.16 PM IST
No amnesty for fasting Sri Lankan Tamil prisoners: GovernmentThe prisoners went on a six-day protest hunger strike demanding swift procedural action including a common amnesty.
27 Oct, 2015, 02.14 PM IST
EU observers give thumps up to Sri Lankan parliamentary pollsEU observers have given a thumbs up to the recent parliamentary elections in Sri Lanka, saying the polls were well administered.
19 Aug, 2015, 06.06 PM IST
I’m influential, not helpless minister: External Affairs Minister Sushma SwarajShukla said the Sri Lankan PM's remarks about "right to shoot intruders" in the context of Indian fishermen was a slap on India's face.
10 Mar, 2015, 11.15 AM IST