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Sri Lankan President-elect Gotabaya Rajapaksa (Photo: AP)

Invest in Sri Lanka to keep China at bay, says Prez Gotabaya Rajapaksa

Sri Lanka has traditionally been allied to India but became close to China, securing about USD 7 billion in loans and...

2 Dec 2019 12:37 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa as President Ram Nath Kovind looks on during a ceremonial reception at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Friday. (Photo: Sondeep Shankar)

India satisfied' with Gotabaya's Lanka assurance

The Lines of Credit (LoCs) announced by India are also being seen as an effort to counter the Chinese financial muscle...

1 Dec 2019 5:48 AM IST

Gotabaya Rajapaksa (Photo: ANI)

Sri Lanka Presidential front-runner will restore ties with China:...

The following year, the Sirisena government allowed Chinese projects to resume after demanding changes in some.

20 Sept 2019 10:46 AM IST

Gotabaya Rajapaksa (Photo: ANI)

Torture & law: Jurisdiction on this crime can be universal

There exists on the United States' statute book an old statute of 1789 called the Alien Tort Claims Act.

1 Sept 2019 6:07 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) with Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa (PTI)

Sri Lanka will adopt 'India first approach': Foreign Secretary...

Commenting on the Chinese investment in Hambantota port, Foreign Secretary Colombage said Sri Lanka had offered it to...

26 Aug 2020 7:11 PM IST

New Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse (L) and his wife Shiranthi Rajapaksa (2R) gesture as they arrive for the new cabinet swearing-in ceremony at the Buddhist Temple of the Tooth in the ancient hill capital of Kandy, some 116 km from Colombo on August 12, 2020.(AFP)

Sri Lanka's new Cabinet ministers include four Rajapaksas

The Cabinet members took oaths in the presence of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his elder brother Prime Minister...

12 Aug 2020 4:02 PM IST

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, left, and former Defense Secretary and his brother Gotabaya Rajapaksa wave to supporters. (AP)

All in the family: Sri Lanka's political Rajapaksa dynasty

The powerful clan has held sway over the island nation's politics for decades, as well as having a major influence in...

7 Aug 2020 2:27 PM IST

Sri Lankas President Gotabaya Rajapaksa (front) leaves a polling station after casting his ballot in the parliamentary election in Colombo. (AFP)

Rajapaksa brothers win by landslide in Sri Lanka's election

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa is likely to be sworn in the same position by his younger brother, President Gotabaya...

7 Aug 2020 9:56 AM IST

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa (left) and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa. (AFP)

Sri Lanka's proposed replacement of 19th Amendment faces resistance...

PM Rajapaksa will be the hardest-hit by the amendment, while his brother Gotabaya Rajapaksa will gain full legal...

13 Sept 2020 1:08 PM IST

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Sri Lanka President receives free Indian COVID vaccines under...

The consignment came after the country approved emergency use of Oxford AstraZeneca's Covishield vaccine

28 Jan 2021 4:56 PM IST

Indian naval ship Shakti carrying 100 tonnes of liquid medical oxygen reached Sri Lanka on Sunday. (Photo:Twitter @IndiainSL)

Indian naval ship with 100 tonnes of oxygen reaches Lanka

Sri Lanka is currently experiencing a rapid rise in infections

23 Aug 2021 1:05 AM IST

Protestors burn an effigy of acting President and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as they demand his resignation in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Voting begins to elect Sri Lanka's new president in three-cornered...

A candidate has to cross the magical figure of 113 in the 225-member House to win the election

20 July 2022 10:37 AM IST