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No international inquiry possible into 2019 Easter bombings: Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe

7 October 2023 by Admin

Ranil Wickremesinghe. File | Photo Credit: AP Dismissing the possibility of an international probe into the 2019 Easter terror attacks, Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has reiterated that such an investigation into the incident was not permissible under the country’s law. Responding to Sunday’s editorial in the Catholic Church’s Messenger newspaper titled “An international investigation … Read more

Former Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa returns to Sri Lanka from Dubai

7 January 2023 by Admin

Former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who was ousted from power last year over his government’s mishandling of the cash-strapped country’s economy, has returned here from Dubai, his first foreign trip since returning to Sri Lanka four months ago. Rajapaksa and wife Ioma arrived at Bandaranaike International Airport here from Dubai on Thursday, the Daily Mirror Lanka … Read more

Mahinda Rajapaksa, Basil won’t leave Sri Lanka until SC hears petition, their lawyers say

14 July 2022 by Admin

Sri Lanka’s former prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and ex-finance minister Basil Rajapaksa on Thursday gave an undertaking to the Supreme Court through their lawyers that they will not leave the crisis-hit country until the Fundamental Rights petition filed against them is heard on Friday, a media report said on Thursday. A five-judge bench of Lankan … Read more

Chinese-funded projects benefit Presidents, PMs

1 June 2022 by Admin

Chinese funded overseas projects have hugely benefited the political supporters of incumbent presidents or prime ministers of those countries, including Sri Lanka, that receive the funds, reveals a new book. ‘Banking on Beijing’, published by Cambridge University Press, found that in those countries that receive Chinese financial support, funding for the political leader’s home province … Read more

Sri Lanka’s main Opposition decides to offer conditional support to new government

16 May 2022 by Admin

Sri Lanka’s main Opposition party Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) on Monday said it would offer conditional support to the interim all-party government headed by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to help tackle the country’s crippling economic and political crisis. Wickremesinghe, the United National Party (UNP) leader was appointed as Sri Lanka’s 26th prime minister on Thursday … Read more

Sri Lanka court bans ex-PM Mahinda Rajapaksa, allies from leaving country

12 May 2022 by Admin

A Sri Lankan court on Thursday banned former prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, his politician son Namal and 15 allies from leaving the country over acts of violence against anti-government demonstrators. The magistrate in the capital Colombo also asked police to investigate Monday’s mob attacks on peaceful protesters, which led to retaliatory violence that claimed nine … Read more

Ancestral home of Sri Lanka’s Rajapaksas set on fire in Hambantota

9 May 2022 by Admin

The ancestral home of the Rajapaksas in Hambantota has been set on fire by a group of anti-government protestors, hours after Mahinda Rajapaksa, the patriarch of the powerful clan resigned on Monday in response to mounting demand for his ouster as Sri Lanka’s prime minister. Video footage showed the entire Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and … Read more

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resigns

9 May 2022 by Admin

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned on Monday, hours after his supporters attacked anti-government protesters outside embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa‘s office, leaving at least 78 people injured and prompting authorities to impose a nationwide curfew and deploy army troops in the capital. At least two Cabinet ministers have also announced their resignations. Prime Minister … Read more

View: How four powerful brothers broke Sri Lanka

2 April 2022 by Admin

In just over two years, Sri Lanka’s first family has presided over a series of crises mostly of its own making. The island nation of 22 million people is facing its worst economic upheaval in a decade. From an ill-fated fertilizer ban that led to a dramatic fall in yields of crops like rice and … Read more

Lanka’s SC moved against legislation on China-backed Colombo Port City

16 April 2021 by Admin

Sri Lanka’s Opposition parties, civil society groups and labour unions have filed multiple petitions in the Supreme Court against a proposed controversial legislation on the China-backed USD 1.4 billion Port City in Colombo, alleging that it violated the country’s sovereignty, the Constitution and labour rights. The bill titled the Colombo Port City Economic Commission was … Read more