Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, Nov 18 (AFP/APP): Sri Lanka's new president Gotabaya Rajapaksa was sworn in Monday at a Buddhist temple revered by his core Sinhalese nationalist supporters, following an election
ISLAMABAD, Nov 17 (APP): The government and leadership of Pakistan Sunday warmly felicitated Gotabaya Rajapaksa on his electoral victory as seventh President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.
Colombo, Nov 17 (AFP/APP): Sri Lanka's former wartime defence secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa took an early lead Sunday in a fiercely fought presidential election conducted under high security seven months after
Colombo, Nov 16 (AFP/APP): Gunmen opened fire on a convoy of buses carrying minority Muslim voters in northwest Sri Lanka on Saturday, hours before polling in presidential elections got under
Colombo, Nov 16 (AFP/APP): Sri Lankans choose a new president on Saturday in what could mark a comeback for the Rajapaksa clan, lauded by supporters for crushing the Tamil Tigers
Colombo, Nov 15 (AFP/APP): No memorial marks where Sri Lankan newspaper editor Lasantha Wickrematunge was murdered in 2009, one of dozens of victims of "death squads" allegedly linked to a
Colombo, Nov 10 (AFP/APP): Sri Lanka's president has pardoned a death-row prisoner who murdered a Swedish teenager just a week before he leaves office, officials said Sunday, in a move
Colombo, Nov 7 (AFP/APP): Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe looks set to lose his job after next week's presidential election, with the two leading candidates declaring Thursday they will
COLOMBO, Nov 6 (XINHUA/APP):Sri Lanka's Elections Commission on Wednesday said over 148 foreign election observers were expected to arrive in the country next week to monitor the presidential elections which
Colombo, Nov 3 (AFP/APP): Sri Lanka's election commission said it would censor a state-owned TV station in an unprecedented move after accusing the network of bias against the former president's