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Sri Lanka begins drawing up new statute
The Sri Lankan Parliament on Saturday began a process to formulate a new Constitution with Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe presenting a resolution to set up Constitutional Assembly of all members
10 Jan 2016 4:53 AM
Sri Lanka female MP held over man’s abduction
The Sri Lankan police on Saturday arrested a woman legislator of the ruling United National Party over the abduction of a 34-year-old man in a suburb here recently.
10 Jan 2016 4:47 AM
Maithripala Sirisena completes 1 year in office
President Maithripala Sirisena on Friday vowed to achieve lasting peace in Sri Lanka so that all communities can “live as one”, as he marked the first anniversary of being elected to office.
09 Jan 2016 7:02 AM
Pakistan to sell 8 fighter jets to Sri Lanka
Pakistan on Tuesday sealed a landmark deal to sell JF-17 Thunder fighter jets to Sri Lanka as the two countries signed eight agreements to boost cooperation in areas like trade promotion, and science
06 Jan 2016 5:39 AM
Nawaz Sharif in Sri Lanka to ink several deals
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Monday arrived in Sri Lanka on a three-day visit during which several agreements to boost bilateral ties, including in the areas of health and curb terrorism finan
05 Jan 2016 6:02 AM
Tamils laud Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena vow on land
Sri Lanka’s main Opposition Monday welcomed President Maithripala Sirisena’s promise of land for 100,000 people who were forced from their homes during the long civil war, most of them Tamils.
05 Jan 2016 5:59 AM
Sri Lanka President pledges land for 100,000 war victims
Up to 100,000 people still living in camps six years after the end of Sri Lanka’s brutal ethnic war will be given land to build homes within six months, President Maithripala Sirisena said Sunday.
04 Jan 2016 1:14 AM
Net bowler in bookie nexus involving 2 Sri Lankan players
Sri Lanka started a probe following a complaint lodged by both Perera and Herath.
01 Jan 2016 5:34 PM
Rajapaksa colleagues face arrest
Sri Lankan investigators have found enough evidence to arrest members of the previous Mahinda Rajapaksa regime for alleged corruption and rights abuses during his 10-year rule, a senior minister said.
31 Dec 2015 6:05 AM
Lanka cricket stars sorry for Enrique concert chaos
An entertainment company owned by two Sri Lankan cricket legends apologised Monday for an Enrique Iglesias concert where local women shed their underwear, sparking outrage from the country’s President
29 Dec 2015 1:07 AM
Want to whip organisers of Enrique show: Maithripala Sirisena
Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena on Sunday said that organisers of a recent concert by pop star Enrique Iglesias in Colombo should be “whipped with toxic stingray tails” because it was “unciv
27 Dec 2015 11:09 PM
Sri Lanka wicketkeeper Kusal Perera faces 4-year ban
His urine sample was tested after the ICC originally found it contained banned substance...
25 Dec 2015 12:52 PM
Sri Lanka set to abolish executive President system
The Sri Lankan government is set to move a resolution in Parliament next month to convert the House into a Constituent Assembly which will initiate the process of drafting a new Constitution and aboli
24 Dec 2015 2:38 AM
Sirisena to resettle displaced Tamils within 6 months’
To set up special task force
22 Dec 2015 6:06 AM
Sri Lankan President vows to resettle displaced Tamils within six months
A UN panel has said around 40,000 mainly Tamil civilians were killed in final months of...
21 Dec 2015 5:24 PM
‘Sri Lanka to modernise Army with Indian help’
Sri Lanka’s military is set to be modernised with assistance from militarily advanced nations such as India, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Sunday.
20 Dec 2015 11:08 PM
No free-hold of lands in China-funded port city project: Sri Lanka
China had secured contracts to build highways, railroads and ports during Rajapakse
19 Dec 2015 3:54 PM
159 Indians arrested in Sri Lanka for visa abuse in 2015: minister
Some of those arrested persons had overstayed or given false information on their stay.
17 Dec 2015 2:51 PM
Saudi Arabia to retry Lankan maid given death term
In an eleventh-hour reprieve, Saudi Arabia has agreed to retry a 45-year-old Sri Lankan housemaid sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, the government said on Tuesday.
09 Dec 2015 5:31 AM
Sri Lanka body: Cops violated law
In a landmark decision, the Sri Lankan police has been ordered to pay compensation for assaulting a group of students at a demonstration here, the first time they have been censured for violating inte
06 Dec 2015 6:03 AM
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