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Tamils want to live in one country: Mahinda Rajapaksa

SL President Mahinda Rajapaksa said the Tamil minority now wants to live peacefully in one country a...

Lanka Prez Rajapaksa congratulates Nawaz Sharif on poll win

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has congratulated Pakistan`s PML-N party chief Nawaz Sharif o...

Intelligence sharing key to regional security: Gotabhaya Rajapaksa

Enhanced cooperation between Intelligence agencies is essential for maintaining national and regiona...

British woman raped in Sri Lanka speaks out

British student raped at a hotel in Sri Lanka in 2011 has spoken for the first time of the attack th...

Sri Lankan President expresses condolence over China quake

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, on Sunday said he was deeply saddened to hear of the loss of...

Sri Lanka military probe blames LTTE for civilian killings

A Sri Lankan military court of inquiry has given a clean chit to the Army and ruled that civilian ca...

Sri Lankan commission to probe mass grave

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has decided to appoint a special commission to investigate a ...

Sri Lankan Prez orders probe into Matale mass grave

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Sunday named a committee to investigate a mass grave found...

Sri Lanka for time bound implementation of LLRC

Sri Lankan government is bracing for time-bound implementation of the recommendation of its reconcil...

Marked difference in post-conflict Lanka: Pakistan

Pakistan on Thursday hailed Sri Lanka`s efforts in tackling terrorism, saying there was a "marked di...

Won’t allow religious extremism or racism: Rajapaksa

Rajapaksa has said that his government will not allow racism or religious extremism in the country a...

Politics and sports should not be mixed: Lankan envoy

Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to India Prasad Kariyawasam expressed anxiety and concern over a pleth...

Sri Lanka undeterred by `surprise attacks`: Rajapaksa

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has criticised the US-sponsored UNHRC resolution against his ...

Rajapaksa opens Sri Lanka’s second international airport

Sri Lanka`s President Mahinda Rajapaksa inaugurated the country`s second international airport in hi...

Sri Lanka seeks more time and space on human rights issue

Ahead of vote in UNHRC over human rights violations, Sri Lanka asked international community to adop...

Man attempts self-immolation in anti-Sri Lanka protests

Forty-one-year-old Mani of Cuddalore district Monday suffered serious burn injuries after he attempt...

Karuna lashes out at Centre on Lankan Tamils issue

Launching tirade against UPA government over Sri Lankan Tamils issue, DMK accused it of showing litt...

Sri Lanka opposition forms alliance to topple Rajapaksa govt

Sri Lanka`s opposition parties, including the country`s main party TNA, joined hands to form a new a...

Sri Lanka President offers worship at Tirupati shr

Amid tight security, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his wife Shiranthi on Saturday offer...

India should move UN for economic sanctions against Lanka: Jayalalithaa

Accusing Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of "weakening" UN resolution against Sri Lankan human rights ...

Protests in India as Rajapaksa prays for peace

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa arrived here on Friday after praying at Buddhism`s holiest sh...

Sri Lanka seeks security of its properties in India

Sri Lanka on Friday sought security of its properties and establishments in India following vandalis...

Tight security in Tirupati ahead of SL Prez`s visit

A thick security blanket has been thrown over this temple town in the wake of reports that some Tami...

Karunanidhi leads protests against visit of Lankan Prez

DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Friday led a state-wide protest here against the visit of Sri Lankan Pres...

Rajapaksa to avoid New Delhi during India visit

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa arrives Friday in India for pilgrimage and he will not visit ...

Sri Lankan President rules out autonomy for Tamils

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has ruled out greater political autonomy for Tamils, saying e...

Afghan troop deployment report angers Lankan media

President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Tuesday said he had rejected a US request to send Sri Lankan troops t...

SL Prez India visit: MDMK to picket PM`s residence

A staunch critic of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa in the light of the Sri Lankan Tamils iss...

Sri Lankan President to visit Bodh Gaya

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa will visit Bodh Gaya in Bihar February 8.

Bihar resurgence appreciated in Sri Lanka: High Commissioner

Resurgence of Bihar was widely appreciated in Sri Lanka and pattern of growth in the state in the la...

Rajapaksa says no racial and religious hatred in Sri Lanka

President Mahinda Rajapaksa Monday claimed that there was no racial or religious hatred in Sri Lanka...

Sri Lankan police probe death threat to lawyer

JC Weliamuna, a member of the Lawyers` Collective a group which backed Chief Justice Shirani Bandara...

Chief Justice`s removal undermines reputation of Lanka

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday appointed Justice Mohan Peiris to replace country`s...

Rajapaksa names his man as Sri Lanka`s new chief justice

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Tuesday appointed his cabinet`s legal adviser as the count...

Rajapaksa moves to appoint Sri Lanka top judge successor

Former Sri Lankan Attorney General Mohan Peiris has emerged as the front runner to succeed sacked Ch...

Lankan President to act soon on top judge impeachment

Rajapaksa has to ratify the impeachment of Shirani Bandaranayake following yesterday`s approval by p...

Rajapaksa appoints panel to review CJ`s impeachment

Rajapaksa last month said he had to satisfy himself on the PSC report and he would therefore appoint...

Lanka Prez visits opposition lawmaker after report

The incident reported last night prompted the President to pay an unusual visit to the lawmaker`s r...

Indian Army chief to visit Sri Lanka this week

Indian Army chief General Bikram Singh will visit Sri Lanka this week to step up bilateral defence c...

Rajapaksa pledges independent probe on top judge impeachment

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Tuesday "regretted" the impeachment motion against the cou...

Rajapaksa accuses "vested interests" of misusing courts

Sri Lankan Prez Mahinda Rajapaksa accused elements with "vested interests" of trying to achieve thei...

IK Gujral was ahead of his times: Rajapaksa

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa joined other leaders from South Asia in condoling the death o...

S Lankan judiciary locks horns with parliament

Sri Lanka`s top court on Friday refused to back down in a tussle with the government and resent a su...

Sri Lanka monks urge stop to impeaching of judge

Sri Lanka`s influential Buddhist monks urged President Mahinda Rajapaksa to withdraw an impeachment ...

Sri Lanka Parliament rejects court summons

Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa has ruled that the Supreme Court has no power to issue notice to Sri Lankan...

Sri Lanka lawyers body petitions court against top judge trial

Apex body of lawyers in Sri Lanka filed a petition in Supreme Court against impeachment of country`s...

Under fire Lanka top judge denies impropriety charges

Sri Lanka`s top judge Shirani Bandaranayake, who is facing impeachment in the parliament after a tif...

Rajapaksa allies press for abolition of 13th amend

Two allies in Sri Lanka`s ruling coalition demanded scrapping of the 13th amendment as it would "cri...

SL top judge faces 14 charges on impeachment

Sri Lanka`s CJ is facing 14 charges of misconduct and financial impropriety in the motion of impeach...

Lanka SC wants referendum on controversial bill

Sri Lanka`s top court has determined that a bill for livelihood upliftment be subject to a national ...

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