Colombo: Sri Lankan voters on Monday queued up to cast their votes for a parliamentary election amidst tight security to elect a new government. Around 15 million...
Colombo: Former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa on Wednesday announced that he would contest the August 17 parliamentary elections. Speaking to a large crowd in his...
Colombo: At least one person was killed and two others injured in violent incidents which were reported across Sri Lanka in the past 24 hours ahead...
New Delhi: After laying the foundation stone at Jaffna Cultural Centre, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that Jaffna is broadening the message of peace...
New Delhi: On a first foreign visit to India after bagging victory in Sri Lankan presidential elections, Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena said that there is...
New Delhi: India and Sri Lanka have signed a civil nuclear deal, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday. “The bilateral agreement on civil nuclear cooperation…It is...
After bagging the victory in the recent presidential elections, Sri Lanka’s newly elected president Maithripala Sirisena will arrive here for a four-day visit to India today....
Colombo: Maithripala Sirisena today sworn in as Sri Lanka’s new president comfortably defeating Mahinda Rajapaksa in the presidential election while Ranil Wickremesinghe took oath as the...
New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi Friday congratulated Maithripala Sirisena on his “emphatic and historic victory” in Sri Lanka’s presidential election. In a statement, Gandhi extended...
Colombo: Election Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya Friday afternoon officially declared Maithripala Sirisena the new president of Sri Lanka. Making the announcement, Deshapriya said the joint opposition candidate...