Sri Lanka Politics

Sri Lanka's first leftist president was sworn into office Monday vowing to restore public faith in politics after anger over the island nation's unprecedented economic crisis propelled him to a landslide poll win.

The political landscape in Sri Lanka is set to change as its citizens elect a new President on Saturday. Sri Lanka's 17 million voters will choose from among 39 candidates.

There is a political reason behind a rest day existing during the first Test between Sri Lanka and New Zealand.

The Sri Lankan government has once again slammed Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for engaging in vote bank politics by consistently spreading "false narrative" about the ethnic conflict against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).

Sri Lanka's Tamil political parties are planning to field a candidate from the minority community in the presidential election to present a credible and acceptable political solution for them, a senior community leader said.

A Sri Lankan political party leader was killed Monday along with four others, authorities said, in a rare drive-by shooting.

This was the second time an ICC official visited the island nation to ascertain the level of political intrusion into cricket administration in the country.

Last year, the ICC suspended Sri Lanka Cricket over government interference, leading to shifting of the Under-19 World Cup this month to South Africa.

Earlier in the month, SLC was suspended by ICC following a political slugfest in Sri Lanka after the introduction of an interim committee led by Arjun Ranatunga by the Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe.

Sri Lankan minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe has praised the Indian government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for helping his country during the economic and political crisis.

Troubles continued to mount for an embattled Pakistan today, with official data revealing a rise in its annual inflation to a record 37.97 per cent in May. Pakistan's figure is the highest in South Asia, ahead of Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka's electricity board hiked consumer rates by up to 275 percent, officials said Thursday, the second steep increase in months as the bankrupt island nation works to secure an IMF bailout.

Reaffirming India's support for the stability of Sri Lanka both politically and economically, S Jaishankar said full implementation of the 13th amendment in the island country is critical for achieving reconciliation with the minority Tamil community

Gautam Adani who plans to build renewable power plants, thrusting him into the heart of an international political clash.

Sri Lanka's president is set to slash expenditure when he presents an interim budget on Tuesday to see the crisis-ridden country through the rest of the year, amid discussions with the International Monetary Fund on a bailout package.

Sri Lanka's first leftist president was sworn into office Monday vowing to restore public faith in politics after anger over the island nation's unprecedented economic crisis propelled him to a landslide poll win.

The political landscape in Sri Lanka is set to change as its citizens elect a new President on Saturday. Sri Lanka's 17 million voters will choose from among 39 candidates.

There is a political reason behind a rest day existing during the first Test between Sri Lanka and New Zealand.

The Sri Lankan government has once again slammed Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for engaging in vote bank politics by consistently spreading "false narrative" about the ethnic conflict against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).

Sri Lanka's Tamil political parties are planning to field a candidate from the minority community in the presidential election to present a credible and acceptable political solution for them, a senior community leader said.

A Sri Lankan political party leader was killed Monday along with four others, authorities said, in a rare drive-by shooting.

This was the second time an ICC official visited the island nation to ascertain the level of political intrusion into cricket administration in the country.

Last year, the ICC suspended Sri Lanka Cricket over government interference, leading to shifting of the Under-19 World Cup this month to South Africa.

Earlier in the month, SLC was suspended by ICC following a political slugfest in Sri Lanka after the introduction of an interim committee led by Arjun Ranatunga by the Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe.

Sri Lankan minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe has praised the Indian government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for helping his country during the economic and political crisis.

Troubles continued to mount for an embattled Pakistan today, with official data revealing a rise in its annual inflation to a record 37.97 per cent in May. Pakistan's figure is the highest in South Asia, ahead of Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka's electricity board hiked consumer rates by up to 275 percent, officials said Thursday, the second steep increase in months as the bankrupt island nation works to secure an IMF bailout.

Reaffirming India's support for the stability of Sri Lanka both politically and economically, S Jaishankar said full implementation of the 13th amendment in the island country is critical for achieving reconciliation with the minority Tamil community

Gautam Adani who plans to build renewable power plants, thrusting him into the heart of an international political clash.

Sri Lanka's president is set to slash expenditure when he presents an interim budget on Tuesday to see the crisis-ridden country through the rest of the year, amid discussions with the International Monetary Fund on a bailout package.