Colombo: UNF leader Ranil Wickremesinghe on Friday took oath as Sri Lanka’s prime minister at a ceremony at the presidential secretariat here. Wickremesinghe took oath before President...
Colombo: The electorate has not given the winner a majority as they “realised that majorities make politicians lose their heads and get intoxicated with power”, said a...
Colombo: The ruling UNF said on Tuesday that it had won the parliamentary elections, defeating former president Mahinda Rajapaksa’s United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA). United National Front’s...
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s former president Mahinda Rajapaksa on Tuesday said he has not received any official confirmation on Monday’s general election and so cannot accept victory...
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: 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...
Colombo: Former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa would contest as a prime ministerial candidate in the August 17 parliamentary elections, a source said on Sunday. Kumara...
