Srilanka President

A woman named Maduhansi Hasinthara decided to pay a visit to the President's residence in Colombo and clicked some photographs. Despite the protests, the photographs look like Ms Hasinthara visited the presidential palace like a tourist.

Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled to Maldives on Wednesday, hours before he was supposed to step down. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has declared a state of emergency in the country.

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Thursday left for India on his first official overseas visit at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Mr Rajapaksa is accompanied by his Secretary PB Jayasundera and Lalith Weeratunga, Advisor to Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa. During the two-day visit, the Lankan president will hold talks with...

Allies of Sri Lanka's embattled president Maithripala Sirisena boycotted parliament Today as the country drifted into a second month of political turmoil.

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Monday hailed the returning national cricket team after their efforts in reaching the World Cup final -- which they lost to India.Rajapaksa, flanked by his wife Shiranthi, presented players with a 5,000 rupee gold coin and a pair of gold cufflinks encrusted with colouful stones, during a ceremony at his hom...

The Oxford Union cancelled a scheduled adress by the Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Friday after fears that pro-LTTE activists might disrupt the lecture.Sri Lankan Tamils and pro-LTTE activists, residing in the UK, had planned to hold demonstration against the visiting President alleging that the Sri Lankan troops had indulged in human ...

Sri Lanka's detained former army chief Sarath Fonseka filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging President Mahinda Rajapakse's re-election to the top post.

A woman named Maduhansi Hasinthara decided to pay a visit to the President's residence in Colombo and clicked some photographs. Despite the protests, the photographs look like Ms Hasinthara visited the presidential palace like a tourist.

Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled to Maldives on Wednesday, hours before he was supposed to step down. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has declared a state of emergency in the country.

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Thursday left for India on his first official overseas visit at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Mr Rajapaksa is accompanied by his Secretary PB Jayasundera and Lalith Weeratunga, Advisor to Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa. During the two-day visit, the Lankan president will hold talks with...

Allies of Sri Lanka's embattled president Maithripala Sirisena boycotted parliament Today as the country drifted into a second month of political turmoil.

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Monday hailed the returning national cricket team after their efforts in reaching the World Cup final -- which they lost to India.Rajapaksa, flanked by his wife Shiranthi, presented players with a 5,000 rupee gold coin and a pair of gold cufflinks encrusted with colouful stones, during a ceremony at his hom...

The Oxford Union cancelled a scheduled adress by the Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Friday after fears that pro-LTTE activists might disrupt the lecture.Sri Lankan Tamils and pro-LTTE activists, residing in the UK, had planned to hold demonstration against the visiting President alleging that the Sri Lankan troops had indulged in human ...

Sri Lanka's detained former army chief Sarath Fonseka filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging President Mahinda Rajapakse's re-election to the top post.