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Indian High Commissioner Santosh Jha met with the President of Sri Lanka Anura Kumara Dissanayake at the President's Office. During the meeting, they discussed the significant progress in the India-Sri Lanka partnership and explored ways…

The United Nations Human Rights Council should adopt a resolution on Sri Lanka to enable continued UN monitoring, reporting, and evidence collection of rights violations for future prosecutions, Human Rights Watch said today. HRW said…

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has met with U.S. Ambassador Julie J. Chung at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo, today (01). Ambassador Chung extended her warm congratulations to President Dissanayake on his recent inauguration…

The Sri Lanka Navy has seized 02 Indian fishing boats and apprehend 17 Indian fishermen while they were poaching in Sri Lankan waters, during a special operation conducted in the sea area north of Mannar. The North Central Naval Command…

Fishermen from Tamil Nadu took to the streets on Sunday, staging a protest against the Sri Lankan Navy’s detention of 17 Indian fishermen and seizure of two boats off Rameswaram’s coast. In the visuals, protesters, comprising men and…

The Election Commission has announced its readiness to conduct a general election at any given time. Commissioner General of Elections, Saman Sri Ratnayake, stated that the estimated cost for a general election would be approximately Rs.…

National People’s Power (NPP) MP Dr. Harini Amarasuriya has been sworn-in as the new Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, a short while ago. She was sworn-in before President Anura Kumara Dissanayake at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo.…

The International Monetary Fund welcomed on Monday last week’s announcement of an agreement in principle between Sri Lanka and a group of its international bondholders to restructure $12.5 billion in bonds, the fund said, adding it looks…

The European Union has congratulated Anura Kumara Dissanayake upon his election and inauguration as President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. Issuing a statement, the EU further said that the people of Sri Lanka…

Anura Kumara Dissanayake has been sworn in as the 9th Executive of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, a short while ago. He was ceremonially sworn in as the country’s new President before Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya at…