Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe says that the unity government would continue under the leadership of the President Maithripala Sirisena until 2020 without any problems
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”.
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.
Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe says that the unity government would continue under the leadership of the President Maithripala Sirisena until 2020 without any problems
An independent international laboratory has found unusually high chemical residues in Sri Lankan tea
The Sri Lankan Elections Commission Chairman Mahinda Deshapriya has warned of strict legal action against local government elections candidates who distribute monetary or material subsidies funded personally or from public money as a part of...
While the opposition and the trade unions have dubbed the deal as a “sell-out,” Sri Lanka last week formally handed over the strategic southern port of...
Three National Freedom Front (NFF) leaders, Weerakumara Dissanayake, former organiser of the NFF Piyasiri Wijenayake and North-Central Provincial Councillor P B Kumara have joined SLFP, President Maithripala Sirisena's party
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena said a comprehensive drug prevention programme would be initiated and added that the government did not intend...
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.