Sri Lanka: Maithripala Sirisena to contest Presidential elections

Maithripala Sirisena made the announcement while speaking at a media briefing at the SLFP headquarters on .

Month after deadly Easter attacks, Sirisena calls for...

New Delhi [India], May 31 (ANI): Over a month after the deadly Easter Sunday attacks claimed more than 250 lives in...

S. Lankan President denies he was informed about Easter...

Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 31 (ANI): Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena on Thursday evening denied reports that...

Sri Lanka to hold general elections on Jan 5

Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 10 (ANI): Amid the ongoing political crisis in the country, Sri Lanka President Maithripala...

Wickremesinghe, Sirisena had drifted away, change not sudden:...

New Delhi [India], Oct 26 (ANI): While the unannounced swearing-in of Mahinda Rajapaksa as the new Prime Minister...

Lankan President talks to PM Modi over 'mischievous'...

New Delhi [India], Oct 17 (ANI): Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Wednesday had a telephonic...

Sri Lanka: Iran to build new refinery

Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 17 (ANI): In addition to upgrading its ageing 50,000 barrel per day (bpd) state-owned...

Sri Lankan President Sirisena will not retire in 2020

Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 8 (ANI): Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena is not likely to retire from politics in...

Sri Lanka president lifts emergency

Colombo [Sri Lanka], Mar.18 (ANI): Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena on Sunday lifted the nationwide state of...

Lanka President promulgates emergency for a week

Colombo [Sri Lanka], Mar 7 (ANI): Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena promulgated a state of emergency for a...

Sri Lankan President on three-day Bangladesh visit

Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 13 (ANI): Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena on Thursday left for Bangladesh for a...