The President of the Island country of Sri Lanka, Maithripala Sirisena, has dissolved its parliament as the new Prime Minister, Mahinda Rajapaksa, he appointed recently ousting Ranil Wickremesinghe from the post has confessed openly that he could not prove his majority in the parliament. The Continue Reading
The Sri Lankan president has decided to revoke his decision to suspend the proceedings of the parliament till November 12 and expressed its willing to organise a parliament session as early as November 5. The proposed parliament session will be a crucial one, as the newly appointed Prime Minister will have to prove his majority […]Continue Reading
Serious political turmoil has broke out in the South Asian Island country of Sri Lanka, as the country’s president, Maithripala Sirisena, has (most probably, unconstitutionally) removed Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe and appointed former strongman Mahinda Rajapaksa as the new PM of the country. The move has come as the coalition formed to end the triumph […]Continue Reading
A day after an Indian media reported that the Sri Lankan President, Maithripala Sirisena, informed his cabinet colleagues that the Indian external intelligence agency RAW was preparing to assassinate him, the Island country’s leader has reached out to the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, through phone to convince him that he was misquoted by those […]Continue Reading
Erecting a rigid wall between India and Sri Lanka, the Island country’s president, Maithripala Sirisena, has accused the Indian external intelligence agency –the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) – of plotting his assassination. Meanwhile, notably, maintaining his support to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi intact, he has opined that the Indian PM might not be […]Continue Reading
In his visit to Sri Lanka, the country which has a special bonding with our country through the Tamil plantation workers, the India Prime Minister Narendra Modi has addressed a huge gathering of upcountry Tamils in Norwood in the Sinhala dominated country.While speaking at the function, he has called the Tamil plantation workers as the […]Continue Reading
In order to strengthen the bilateral ties, Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena is scheduled to visit India for a working visit on today. As per reports, Mr Sirisena will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on later today and will deliberate on prominent issues concerning indo-Sri Lankan ties. In a statement published by the external ministry, it claims […]Continue Reading
India sealed a nuclear energy agreement with Sri Lanka on Monday, its first breakthrough with the new government of the tiny Indian Ocean island where China has been building ports and highways in a diplomatic push in recent years. Under the deal, India will help Sri Lanka build its nuclear energy infrastructure, including training of personnel, […]Continue Reading
Sri Lanka expelled the Colombo station chief of India’s spy agency in the run-up to this month’s presidential election, political and intelligence sources said, accusing him of helping the opposition oust President Mahinda Rajapaksa.An Indian foreign ministry spokesman denied any expulsion and said that transfers were routine decisions. Rajapaksa, voted out of Continue Reading