The Sri Lankan President said his rival, opposition candidate Maithripala Sirisena, is a stranger to northerners whilst he as President had done much to...
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20th Mar 2023 | Updated at 10:14pm 20th Mar 2023
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.
Under pressure from his main rival in the upcoming polls, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa promised a fresh “transparent” judicial probe into allegations...
Colombo: Five Indian fishermen were given death penalty by a Sri Lankan court for alleged drug trafficking, prompting a response from India that it will...
Colombo: A deadly landslide, triggered by heavy rains, wiped out the homes of mostly Indian-origin tea plantation workers at Meeriabedda tea estate in...
Following are major events during the year 2014
Colombo: Diplomat Erik Solheim has rejected Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa's allegation that Norway and he in particular were "funding" the Liberation...
In a bizarre case, a thief has hypnotised shopkeeper Aftab (Aziz) Haider and robbed money from his pockets.
Former Sri Lankan health minister Maithripala Sirisena on Monday signed an agreement with opposition parties, trade unions and professional groups to scrap...
