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Sri Lanka President accorded ceremonial reception at Rashtrapati Bhawan
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 29 (ANI): The newly elected Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was accorded a ceremonial reception at Rashtrapati Bhawan here on Friday.
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Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa meets Jaishankar
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 29 (ANI): Newly elected President of Sri Lanka Gotabaya Rajapaksa met External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar in New Delhi on Friday.
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Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa arrives on 3-day India visit
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 28 (ANI): Sri Lanka newly-elected President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Thursday arrived in the national capital for a three-day visit to India, his first trip overseas since he took over this month.
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Sri Lankan President 'personally invites' Muralitharan to become governor
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 27 (ANI): Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has "personally invited" legendary spinner Muttiah Muralitharan to accept the post of the Governor of the country's Tamil-dominated Northern Province, Daily Mirror reported on Wednesday.
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Sri Lanka president appoints 16 member interim cabinet
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 22 (ANI): Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Friday appointed the interim cabinet of the caretaker government that will remain in place till the next General election and gave important portfolios to his two brothers--Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and Cha
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Sri Lanka President Gotabaya names brother Mahinda Rajapaksa as Prime Mini
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 20 (ANI): Sri Lanka's newly-elected President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Wednesday named his elder brother and former President Mahinda Rajapaksa as the new prime minister after Ranil Wickremesinghe announced his resignation, the state media reported.
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Jaishankar meets ex-Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa, discusses boosting
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 20 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa here on Tuesday and discussed ways of giving a thrust to the bilateral relations between the two countries.
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PM Modi congratulates Gotabaya Rajapaksa, says bilateral ties will strengt
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 17 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday congratulated Gotabaya Rajapaksa on his victory in the recently concluded Sri Lankan Presidential elections and expressed confidence that the fraternal, cultural, historical and civilisational ties between India and S
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PM Modi congratulates Gotabaya Rajapaksa for victory in Sri Lanka presiden
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 17 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday congratulated Sri Lanka's former defence chief Gotabaya Rajapaksa on his victory in the 2019 presidential polls.
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Sri Lanka presidential polls: Rajapaksa claims victory as Premadasa conced
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 17 (ANI): Gotabaya Rajapaksa has claimed victory in the Sri Lankan presidential polls and his main opponent Sajith Premadasa of the ruling United National Party has conceded defeat, even as the official results are yet to be announced.
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Counting of votes underway for Presidential elections in Sri Lanka
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 17 (ANI): The results of Sri Lanka's presidential election will be announced on Sunday as counting of votes is underway in an election that was marred by incidents of violence that left several people injured.
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Voting concludes in Sri Lanka presidential election
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 16 (ANI): Voting in Sri Lankan Presidential election concluded on Saturday.
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