- 05 May, 2024
Geopolitics & National SecurityRajapaksa
Gotabaya Rajapaksa still in Maldives, awaits private jet to depart for Singapore: Report
Colombo, Jul 14 (PTI) Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who has fled to the Maldives, could not board a scheduled Singapore Airlines flight from Male to Singapore due to security…
Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya leaves for Singapore from Maldives
Male/Colombo, Jul 14 (PTI) Sri Lanka's embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Thursday left the Maldives for Singapore after fleeing his country amidst the worst economic and political crisis faced by the…
Sri Lanka lifts curfew, no signs of Rajapaksa’s resignation
Colombo, Jul 14 (PTI) Sri Lankan authorities on Thursday lifted the curfew, which was imposed in the Western province after the eruption of violence in the capital here, even as…
Sri Lanka declares state of emergency after President Rajapaksa flees: PM’s office
Colombo, Jul 13 (PTI) Sri Lanka on Wednesday declared a state of emergency after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled to the Maldives on a military jet in the face of a…
Sri Lankan PM Ranil Wickremesinghe appointed as acting President: Speaker
Colombo, Jul 13 (PTI) Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was appointed as the country's acting President after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled to the Maldives on a military jet on…
India denies ‘baseless and speculative’ media reports about facilitating President Gotabaya’s visit to the Maldives
Colombo, Jul 13 (PTI) India on Wednesday categorically denied "baseless and speculative" media reports that it facilitated the travel of Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa who fled to the Maldives…
Maldivian Parliament Speaker Nasheed negotiated President Rajapaksa’s escape from Sri Lanka: Sources
Colombo/Male, Jul 13 (PTI) Sri Lanka's embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's escape from the country to the Maldives was negotiated by the Maldivian Parliament Speaker and former president Mohamed Nasheed, sources said…
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to resign on July 13, says Parliament Speaker
Colombo, Jul 9 (PTI) Sri Lanka's embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa would resign on Wednesday, Parliament Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena announced late Saturday night, hours after thousands of protesters stormed his official…
Lankan PM Wickremesinghe offers to resign to make way for all-party government; President Rajapaksa’s whereabouts unknown
Colombo, Jul 9 (PTI) Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Saturday offered to resign and form an all-party government, hours after thousands of protesters stormed the official residence of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa…
Sri Lanka’s 21st Amendment to Constitution to be submitted to Cabinet for approval on Monday: Minister
Colombo, Jun 5 (PTI) The 21st Amendment to the Constitution to empower the Sri Lankan Parliament over the executive president will be submitted to the Cabinet for approval on Monday,…
India assures Sri Lanka of fertiliser supplies to avoid food shortages
Colombo, Jun 2 (PTI) India has assured Sri Lanka of fertiliser supplies to help the debt-ridden country avert severe food shortages caused by crop losses and exacerbated by the worst…
Lanka’s rights body delays summoning ex-PM Mahinda Rajapaksa over attacks on protesters
Colombo, Jun 1 (PTI) Sri Lanka's top human rights body has decided to delay summoning former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and ask him to appear before it after obtaining statements…
