Sri Lanka
- Jan- 2019 -9 JanuaryLatest News
Sri Lanka launches ‘WeChat Pay’ for Chinese tourists
Sri Lanka’s banking sector, on Wednesday announced that Chinese tourists visiting the island country could pay for their goods and…
Read More » - 8 JanuaryLatest News
Sri Lanka plans to import hybrid buses from China
Sri Lanka is in talks with China to import hybrid buses to upgrade the island’s public transport sector, the media…
Read More » - Dec- 2018 -23 DecemberInternational
Heavy rain affects thousands
Heavy rain affects thousands in Northern districts of Sri Lanka. In Sri Lanka, thousands of people have been affected by…
Read More » - 20 DecemberInternational
Sri Lanka: 28 Cabinet Ministers sworn in
In Sri Lanka, a total of 28 cabinet ministers were sworn in today. President Maithripala Sirisena administered the oath of…
Read More » - 18 DecemberInternational
Rajapaksa becomes Sri Lanka’s main opposition leader
Mahinda Rajapaksa became Sri Lanka’s main opposition leader in Parliament. Rajapaksa replaced veteran Tamil leader of the main Tamil party…
Read More » - 16 DecemberInternational
Wickremesinghe takes oath as Sri Lanka’s PM
Giving an end to the political crisis, United National Party leader Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as the Prime Minister…
Read More » - 14 DecemberInternational
Sri Lanka: Rajapaksa to resign from the post of PM
In Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksa has decided to resign from the post of Prime minister. He will resign tomorrow. This…
Read More » - 14 DecemberLatest News
Sri Lankan President to appoint new prime minister on Monday
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has said he will choose a new Prime Minister and Cabinet by Monday, but vowed…
Read More » - 3 DecemberInternational
Sri Lanka: Court bars Rajapaksa from acting as PM
Worsening the political scenario in the island nation, a Sri Lankan court today barred Mahinda Rajapaksa from acting as Prime…
Read More » - 2 DecemberInternational
General election is the only method to establish democracy in Sri Lanka: Rajapaksa
The new Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa has confirmed that a general election is the only method to…
Read More » - Nov- 2018 -29 NovemberNEWS
Sri Lanka: Parliament blocks Rajapaksa from using state funds
Sri Lanka’s Parliament today voted to block the disputed Prime Ministerfrom using state funds. After he lost two no-confidence votes,…
Read More » - 28 NovemberInternational
Sri Lankan Chief of Defense Staff arrested over murders
Sri Lankan chief of defence staff Ravindra Wijegunaratne was arrested on Wednesday. He is accused of shielding a naval intelligence…
Read More » - 21 NovemberInternational
Srilanka: President removed police chief
In Srilanka political crisis got worse after Srilanakan President Maithripala Sirisena ordered to make changes in the police department. In…
Read More » - 17 NovemberInternational
Lawmakers throw chilli powder and furniture, Sri Lankan Parliament adjourned
Rival Sri Lankan lawmakers threw chilli powder and furniture at each other and disrupted the proceedings of Parliament for a…
Read More » - 14 NovemberInternational
China expect for political constancy in Lanka after Rajapaksa’s defeat in trust vote
China expressed its hope that the political instability in Sri Lanka will soon be solved. China hopes that the island…
Read More » - 14 NovemberInternational
Sri Lankan Parliament Votes Against Mahinda Rajapakse Government
Sri Lanka parliament has voted against the Rajapakse government in a landmark vote, reported AFP on Wednesday. The development came…
Read More » - 12 NovemberInternational
Sirisena says he wanted to avoid violence
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena says he decided to dissolve Parliament and call fresh elections to avoid possible violence in…
Read More » - 11 NovemberInternational
Sri Lanka president usurped powers of MPs – Speaker
Sri Lanka’s parliamentary Speaker Sunday accused President Maithripala Sirisena of “usurping” the rights of legislators and asked public servants not…
Read More » - 9 NovemberLatest News
Sri Lanka President Sirisena dissolves parliament
Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena signed a gazette notification to dissolve the nation’s parliament with effect from Friday midnight, reported …
Read More » - 5 NovemberInternational
Won’t recognize Rajapaksa as PM till he wins floor test: Sri Lanka Speaker
Sri Lankan Parliament Speaker Karu Jayasuriya slammed President Maithripala Sirisena, saying it was “anti-democratic” to remove Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe…
Read More » - 2 NovemberLatest News
Sri Lanka’s new PM Mahinda Rajapaksa cuts petrol prices by Rs 10
Amid political crisis in Sri Lanka, new Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on Friday significantly slashed fuel prices, saying “ill-conceived” financial…
Read More » - 1 NovemberInternational
Sri Lanka ranked top country for travel in 2019
Almost 10 years after the end of its civil war, Sri Lanka has been named the best country in the…
Read More » - Sep- 2018 -18 SeptemberNEWS
AAI to develop Palaly airport in Sri Lanka
State-run Airports Authority of India (AAI) will now develop airports in a foreign country, like its non-public counterparts GMR and…
Read More » - Aug- 2018 -24 AugustNEWS
Sri Lanka soon Resume Execution Moratorium After 42 Years
Sri Lanka will soon resume executions after a 42-year moratorium but will send home five Pakistanis sentenced to death for…
Read More » - 21 AugustNEWS
2+2 dialogue a fundamental opportunity to tight engagement with India: US
Describing India as an “all-weather partner”, the US has said the upcoming 2+2 dialogue with the country is an important…
Read More » - 11 AugustNEWS
Sri Lankan Navy detained 27 Tamil Nadu Fishermen
A total of 27 fishermen from Tamil Nadu were arrested on Friday by the Sri Lankan Navy on the charge…
Read More » - Jul- 2018 -23 JulyNEWS
Sri Lankan all-rounder suspended from all forms of international cricket
Sri Lanka batsman Danushka Gunathilaka has been suspended from all forms of international cricket by SLC for breaching the ‘Player Code of…
Read More » - 22 JulyNEWS
PM Modi digitally flags off ambulance services that was promised
Once again, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has flagged off an ambulance service that was promised digitally. On Saturday, an India-assisted…
Read More » - 21 JulyNEWS
PM Modi Flags Off Ambulance Service for Sri Lanka via Video Conferencing
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Saturday flagged off the National Emergency Ambulance service…
Read More » - 16 JulyNEWS
Sri Lankan navy arrests four Indian fishermen for smuggling ganja
Four Tamil Nadu fishermen were arrested by Sri Lankan Navy today on charges of smuggling ganja, police said. The fishermen…
Read More » - 13 JulyNEWS
A mass grave with 38 skeletons discovered in the former war zone
A mass grave with 38 skeletons has been found in Sri Lanka’s former conflict zone the place the federal government…
Read More » - 12 JulyNEWS
Sri Lanka might execute drug traffickers as in the Philippines
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena said on Wednesday he might sign off on the execution of convicted drug traffickers still…
Read More » - 4 JulyNEWS
World’s emptiest airport in Sri Lanka will be handled by India
An Indian delegation is here to discuss a possible joint venture to operate the loss-making Mattala international airport in southern…
Read More » - Jun- 2018 -2 JuneLatest News
IMF releases the installment of Sri-Lanka’s $1.5 billion bailout
The International Monetary Fund has been declared the release of the latest instalment of Sri Lanka’s $1.5 billion bailouts on…
Read More » - May- 2018 -26 MayNEWS
ICC launched an investigation into corruption scandal
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has set-off an investigation into corruption allegations in the sport made in a documentary to…
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