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Former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa returns to Sri Lanka from Thailand

The ex-president returned to Sri Lanka on a Singapore Airlines flight. He travelled from Thailand to Singapore to take the flight as there are no direct flights between Bangkok and Colombo, sources said.

  • Saturday, 03 September 2022
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Sri Lankan President sets Jan 5 for parliamentary polls

Colombo: Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has signed a special gazette notification dissolving parliament and declaring January 5, 2019, as the date for a snap parliamentary election. The President said late Friday that parliament would stand dissolved from Saturday 12 a.m. and nominations for the parliamentary elections would be called from November 19 to 26, […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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Sri Lankan President suspends Parliament amidst political crisis

Colombo: Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Saturday suspended Parliament till November amid a political crisis which erupted after he sacked Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and replaced him with former leader Mahinda Rajapaksa. The Presidential Secretariat said Sirisena had instructed to prorogue Parliament till November 16 and a gazette notification had been issued, the Daily […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
Sri Lankan President prays at Tirumala temple

Tirupati: Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Sunday offered prayers at the famed Lord Venkateswara temple at Tirumala here. He along with his wife Jayanthi Pushpa Kumari and son Daham Sirisena offered prayers during ‘Suprabatham Seva’, said an official of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD), which manages the affairs of the hill shrine. After ‘darshan’, the […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
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Sirisena's political calculations go haywire: US experts on Lanka crisis

Washington: Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena’s move to dismiss Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and replacing him with Mahinda Rajapaksa was a “poor decision” that went haywire, prominent think tanks in the US said, emphasising on the need of a free and fair election in the island nation. Sirisena on October 9 dissolved parliament and announced […]

  • Tuesday, 29 June 2021
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UN chief expresses concern over SL President's decision to dissolve Parliament

United Nations: UN chief Antonio Guterres has expressed concern over Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena’s decision to dissolve the nation’s Parliament, underlining the “utmost importance” of respecting democratic processes and resolving differences in accordance with the rule of law. Sri Lanka’s political crisis deepened Friday as President Sirisena dissolved the Parliament and announced snap polls […]

  • Tuesday, 29 June 2021
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Sri Lanka extends Emergency by a month

Colombo: Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Wednesday extended by a month the state of Emergency that was imposed immediately after the Easter Sunday attacks that killed over 250 people and injured hundreds. Sirisena issued a proclamation saying that the emergency would continue for another 30 days, “in the interest of public security, the preservation of […]

  • Friday, 30 April 2021
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Sri Lanka urges envoys to help lift travel advisories

Colombo: Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena, here on Monday, urged foreign envoys to help his government in removing travel restrictions imposed on tourists following the Easter Sunday attacks, which claimed over 250 lives and left hundreds others injured. During a meeting at the President’s House, attended by ambassadors of the UK, the US, Canada, Japan, […]

  • Friday, 30 April 2021
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Terrorism is joint threat, say India, Sri Lanka

Colombo: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Sunday agreed that terrorism was a joint threat that needed collective and focussed action. Modi tweeted this after holding bilateral talks with Sirisena, shortly after arriving here from the Maldives. Modi said this was his second meeting with Sirisena in 10 days. […]

  • Friday, 30 April 2021
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Gotabaya Rajapaksa Sworn In As Sri Lankan President

Colombo: Sri Lanka’s controversial wartime defence secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa was sworn in as the country’s President at the Ruwanweli Seya precincts in the ancient north-central town of Anuradhapura on Monday. The newly-elected president worshipped at the Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi, a sacred fig tree in the Mahamewna Gardens and Ruwanweli Seya, a stupa and a […]

  • Friday, 23 April 2021
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Sri Lanka Won't Do Anything That Will Harm India's Interests: Prez Rajapaksa

Colombo: Sri Lanka will work with India and it won’t do anything that will harm its interests, newly elected President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has said ahead of his visit to New Delhi later this week. Rajapaksa, who is considered pro-China, said he wanted Sri Lanka to be a “neutral country” and work with all the countries. […]

  • Friday, 23 April 2021
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Sri Lanka seeks USD 1.1 bn currency swap facility from India amidst depleting forex reserves

Colombo: Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has requested India to provide a special USD 1.1 billion currency swap facility to boost the country’s draining foreign exchange reserves in view of the economic slowdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. Rajapaksa’s office said that the new request is in addition to the USD 400 million amount Sri […]

  • Friday, 16 April 2021
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