COLOMBO: Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has sought support from the people to “defeat” LTTE's ideology, warning that the now defunct …
May 202018
May 082018
Colombo: Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Tuesday underlined the need to address the concerns of the Tamil minority in a political … The unity government of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party or SLFP and the United National Party or UNP was thro…
Apr 122018
Maithripala Sirisena’s move comes after the government promised a cabinet reshuffle following a no-confidence motion against Ranil Wickremesinghe, Sri Lanka’s prime minister, was defeated last week. “The president has prorogued parliament until May 8,” Austin Fernando, Sirisena’s secretary, told …
Mar 302018
Colombo: Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has reduced the responsibilities of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as a power struggle worsened within their uneasy coalition. Sirisena took away the central bank, the policy-making National Opera…
Mar 242018
Attending Pakistan’s Republic Day celebrations on Friday, Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena said his country was pleased with the progress shown by Pakistan by utilising the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. Upon landing in the country, Sirisena first met Sindh Governor Muhammad Zubair at …
Mar 222018
KARACHI: Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has said that his country is pleased over Pakistan’s economic progress and China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project. He said this on Wednesday during a meeting with Sindh Governor Muhammad Zubair upon his arrival at VVIP lounge of …
Mar 082018
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena today replaced Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as the law and order minister amidst fresh violence between majority Sinhala Buddhists and minority Muslims in the Kandy district despite imposition of nationw…
Sep 192017
Pakistan’s new Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi assured President Maithripala Sirisena that Pakistan would continue the assistance provided to …
Jul 172017
Wickremesinghe’s the United National Party (UNP) and President Maithripala Sirisena’s the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) have been together in a …
May 232017
May 23, Colombo: Sri Lanka and Australia enjoy strong bilateral relations, and the current state visit of President Maithripala Sirisena will give them a …