Apr 21, Colombo: Sri Lanka Prime Minister has called for the private sectors in Sri Lanka and Iran to cooperate closely for the implementation of joint projects following the lifting of nuclear-related sanctions on Tehran. “Positive developments have taken place in Sri Lanka’s economy. The private sector …
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has extended wishes for renewal for the traditional New Year celebrated by Sri Lanka’s Sinhalese and Tamil communities. “The Sinhala and Tamil New Year is the foremost national festivity …
As was only to be anticipated, a section of the twitterati in Sri Lanka have claimed that Indian High Commissioner Taranjit Singh Sandhu and US Ambassador Atul Keshap had talked to TNA leaders, R Sampanthan and M A Sumanthiran, for the three-party comb…
COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Wednesday survived a no confidence vote in parliament after a majority of … Wickremesinghe, who leads Sri Lanka’s United National Party (UNP), won the support of 122 members of the 225-member parliament, with 76 voting …
Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe faced a no-confidence motion on Wednesday that has widened a rift in the ruling coalition and worsened political turmoil in the island nation. Wickremesinghe has resisted calls to resign from President Maithripala Sirisena, whose Sri Lanka Freedom …
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe faced a no-confidence motion on Wednesday that has widened a rift in the ruling coalition and worsened political turmoil in the island nation. Wickremesinghe has resisted calls to resign from President Maithripala Sirisena, whose Sri Lanka …
Sri Lanka’s president has taken the responsibility for the central bank away from the country’s prime minister and given it to the finance minister. The move follows strong public criticism of PM Ranil Wickremesinghe for his role in the central bank “bond scandal”. Wickremesinghe will face a vote of no …
COLOMBO — Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe faces a no- confidence motion on Wednesday that could go down to the wire and lead … in the party to vote in favor of the no-confidence motion,” said Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena, a minister of Sirisena’s Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP).
Apr 01, Colombo: Members of the United National Front (UNF), the governing party of Sri Lankan parliament have been summoned for a crucial meeting tomorrow at Temple Trees to discuss the No-Confidence Motion (NCM) presented by the joint opposition agai…
The walk organised by United National Freedom Front, that set off from Kandy on Saturday (31) demanding Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to resign was resumed this morning from the Mawanella town. The General Secretary of the party and former UNP Pr…