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Prime Minister Narendra Modi with his Bhutanese counterpart Lotay Tshering at Hyderabad House in New Delhi. (Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay)

Modi to visit Sri Lanka June 9: Sri Lanka President

Meanwhile, in response to another question, Mr Maithripala described both regional groupings BIMSTEC and SAARC as ...

1 Jun 2019 1:25 AM IST

The monk, who heads the Asgiriya Chapter, one the largest and oldest Buddhist chapters in Sri Lanka, went on to call for a boycott of Muslim-owned restaurants, based on rumour that Muslim restaurants served their Buddhist customers food spiked with sterilisation medication. (Photo: AP)

Attackers of Sri Lanka Easter Sunday bombings were inspired by ISIS

NTJ leader Zahran Hashim made a video with fellow NTJ members pledging allegiance to ISIL leader Abu Bakr Al-Bagdadi.

25 July 2019 8:58 AM IST

Damaged St Sebastians Church in Negombo after the Easter Sunday attack, north of Colombo. (Photo: AP)

Sri Lankan President claims drug gangs behind Easter bombings

The statement comes amid a nationwide narcotics crackdown, with President aiming to reintroduce capital punishment for...

16 July 2019 9:15 AM IST

Sirisena on Friday said that Jayasundara had resigned but he never sent the letter and remained in his official residence. (Photo:AP)

10 fundamental rights petitions filed in Sri Lankan SC against death...

The petitioners argued that it would result in the violation of fundamental rights as established in Article 12 (1) of...

1 July 2019 6:19 PM IST

Damaged St Sebastians Church in Negombo after the Easter Sunday attack, north of Colombo. (Photo: AP)

Sri Lanka ends emergency four months after Easter attacks

President Maithripala Sirisena has been extending the emergency on 22nd of each month since April 21 attacks on 3 hotels...

23 Aug 2019 1:22 PM IST

Sirisena on Friday said that Jayasundara had resigned but he never sent the letter and remained in his official residence. (Photo:AP)

Pak envoy apprises Sirisena for not speaking on Kashmir issue

However, four out of five permanent members in the United Nations did not support Pakistan contentions over India's...

23 Aug 2019 8:13 AM IST

The presidential elections in the island nation is scheduled to be held before December 9, 2019, as the incumbent president Sirisenas term of office will end on January 9, 2020. (Photo: ANI)

Still not decided to contest Presidential polls: Sirisena

Sirisena made the statement while addressing the representatives of his party, Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), Daily...

7 Aug 2019 3:03 PM 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

Tensions between Muslim groups and the majority Sinhalese Buddhist community in the country have escalated since the end of the civil war in May 2009. (Photo: File)

Sri Lankan Prez Sirisena to appoint committee to probe anti-Muslim...

Anti-Muslim riots, since Monday, have left two persons dead and damaged several homes, businesses and mosques in the...

10 March 2018 5:26 PM IST

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena. (Photo: AP)

Prez Sirisena India bound amid Sri Lanka state emergency, violence

Mr Sirisena will be in India to attend the first conference of the founding members of the International Solar Alliance...

10 March 2018 4:25 PM IST

Maithripala Sirisena said he had ordered Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera to revoke his decision last week to overturn the 1979 law prohibiting the sale of any type of alcohol to women. (Photo: AP)

Lanka: Act decisively to keep peace intact

The vulnerability of the minorities was stressed as Muslim shops and residences were burnt in the central hill district...

10 March 2018 1:42 AM IST

Muslim-owned businesses and religious sites came under attack from majority Sinhala mobs, forcing the government to enforce curfew. (Photo: AP/ Representational)

Sri Lanka president removes Prime Minister after communal riots

Mr Wickremesinghe's 11-day tenure as the law and order minister was marred by racial tension in the central district of...

8 March 2018 6:23 PM IST