Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena said a comprehensive drug prevention programme would be initiated and added that the government did not intend...
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21st Nov 2024 | Updated at 10:42am 21st Nov 2024
Gotabaya Rajapaksa calls for constitutional changes to curb minority parties
- 08 Jan 2020
Sri Lanka’s new president endorsed amending the constitution to reduce the power of minority political parties, saying the country wasn’t suited to a system that creates unstable governments “constantly under the influence of extremism”.
Trouble brewing in post-election Sri Lanka
- 11 Dec 2019
Weeks after the election of hardliner Gotabaya Rajapaksa as the president of Sri Lanka, the prospects for justice and reconciliation between the different communities on the island lie in tatters.
US Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Maldives Atul Keshap and secretary of civil aviation G S Withanage signed an agreement to amend the US-Sri Lanka Open Skies...
Sri Lanka began preparing for long-delayed local elections seen as a key popularity test of embattled President Maithripala Sirisena, whose coalition government is embroiled in bitter infighting
Leaders of a pro-Tamil party celebrated the 63rd birth anniversary of the slain LTTE chief Velupillai Prabakaran in his home town in northern Sri Lanka,...
Dar has been relieved of his three roles, including his portfolio in the finance ministry and has been informed of the decision.
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena held discussions with the family members of missing persons at the Presidential Secretariat.
The UNP has stepped up pressure on President Maithripala Sirisena to abolish the post of executive presidency without further delay or face the consequences
Sri Lankan minister of law and order and southern development Sagala Ratnayaka says that human smuggling is attractive to criminals, who view migrants...
Deaths in floods and landslides in Sri Lanka, caused by heavy rainfall, rose to 146, with over 112 reported missing.
In the largest export order for any public transporter, Indian railways is all set to supply modern locomotives and train sets to Sri Lanka, worth £68 million
