Category: Local News

Narendra Modi will become the first Indian leader to visit Sri Lanka’s war-torn Tamil heartland this week, sending a powerful message on reconciliation to the new government in Colombo.

The Sri Lankan president says he hopes to set up a domestic inquiry into alleged war crimes committed during the country’s civil war within a month.

British Prime Minister David Cameron welcomed Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena this afternoon (March 10) during his first visit to the UK. The two leaders met each other in front of the famous door of the Prime Minister’s official residence at No: 10, Downing Street.

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna yesterday called for the removal of Central Bank Governor Arjuna Mahendran from his post until the conclusion of the investigation into the Treasury bond issue.

President Maithripala Sirisena, the current Commonwealth Chair-in-Office, attended the Commonwealth Day Observance at Westminster Abbey, Mar. 9, 2015.

A large number of British Tamils staged a rally in London on Monday (09) against the visiting Sri Lankan President Maithripala Srisena.

India should see Sri Lanka as a whole and stop focussing just on the island’s Tamil-majority Northern Province, Sri Lankan Cabinet Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka said in an interview to The Hindu on Monday.

Chief Executive Officer of SriLankan Airlines Kapila Chandrasena has resigned from his position yesterday.

DMK leader M. Karunanidhi on Monday took exception to Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe’s remarks on Tamil Nadu fishermen and the Katchatheevu issue, saying it was unbecoming of a Prime Minister of a country to make such comments.

The Galle Magistrate today issued an order preventing former Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, former Navy Commander Admiral Somathilaka Dissanayake and two others from leaving the country.

The Colombo High Court on Monday (9) acquitted General Sarath Fonseka of all charges in harbouring Army deserters case.

India is expected to offer a credit line to Sri Lanka to ensure funds for infrastructure and development projects and expanded support for military training during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s two-day visit to the island nation this week, as New Delhi aims to match growing Chinese influence in the Indian Ocean Region.

China Communications Construction Company Limited (CCCC), the ultimate investor in the Colombo Port City Project, says it has received an official communication from the government calling for the suspension of the project.

President Maithripala Sirisena, as Chair-in-Office of the Commonwealth, will attend the Commonwealth Day celebrations in London on March 9, 2015. Sri Lanka is head of the Commonwealth following the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting hosted by Sri Lanka in November 2013.

President Maithripala Sirisena received a warm welcome as he arrived at London Heathrow Airport commencing his three-day official visit to the United Kingdom on 07 March 2015. First Lady Jayanthi Sirisena is accompanying the President. Two Sri Lankan children welcomed the President and the First Lady at the airport.

India will strongly take up with Sri Lanka the fishermen issue during delegation-level talks between the two countries, officials said on Saturday.