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Harini Amarasuriya sworn in as Sri Lanka's new Prime MinisterHarini Amarasuriya has been sworn in as Sri Lanka's new Prime Minister, the first woman to hold the post since 2000. Appointed by President...
24 Sep, 2024, 04.05 PM IST
Economy on centre stage, as Sri Lanka set to vote today in first polls since 2022 crisisSri Lanka is set for its first elections since the 2022 economic crisis, with the economy as the central issue. Incumbent President Ranil W...
21 Sep, 2024, 06.25 AM IST
India is a 'great friend' of Bangladesh, says PM Sheikh Hasina after her election victoryPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina affirmed that India is a 'great friend' and highlighted bilateral resolutions of past issues. She expressed gr...
08 Jan, 2024, 06.09 PM IST
Sri Lanka's all-powerful Rajapaksas under fireLate Thursday hundreds of people tried to storm the home of Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the current president and one of four politically active br...
01 Apr, 2022, 07.13 PM IST
From New Delhi to Paris: What women around the world are hoping for in 2021Women share the challenges they face and the hopes they have, ahead of International Women's Day.
04 Mar, 2021, 02.00 PM IST
- Former Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Ratnasiri Wickremanayake passes away
Wickremanayake served twice as the Island nation's premier first from 2000 to 2001 and then from 2005 to 2010.
27 Dec, 2016, 05.15 PM IST
- Small farmers wage a big fight over land
Periyanna takes off an apron and hat fashioned from old rice sacks, rolls down his trousers and flattens his wiry hair.
06 Jun, 2011, 08.04 AM IST
- Sri Lanka scraps Tamil version of its national anthem
Sri Lanka has scrapped the Tamil version of its national anthem at official and state functions, a move likely to further alienate the ethn...
12 Dec, 2010, 06.28 PM IST
- India needn't fear China's role in Lanka: Rajapaksa
SL prez has sought to allay Indian concerns about growing Chinese influence.
28 Jun, 2010, 03.06 AM IST
How Rajapaksa crushed LTTE ruthlesslyPresident Rajapaksa is basking under adulation of his people for succeeding in his determination to wipe out terrorism' from his country.
20 May, 2009, 07.53 AM IST