Tag: Rajapaksa
Sri Lankan PM Mahinda Rajapaksa resigns
COLOMBO -- Sri Lanka's challenged Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned from his premiership on Saturday, paving way for a new government to be established...
Sri Lankan court restraints Rajapaksa, his party from acting as govt
COLOMBO -- A Sri Lankan court on Monday issued an interim order to prevent Mahinda Rajapaksa and his party members from acting as prime...
Sri Lankan president concedes defeat after decade in power!
Colombo, January 9 - Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa conceded defeat to his opposition challenger on Friday after a presidential election, ending a decade of...
Manmohan Singh, Rajapaksa to meet ahead of UNHRC vote
March 5- In a couple of weeks from now, the world will sit together at the United Nations Human Rights Council meet and vote...
Don’t Turn Commonwealth Into Punitive Grouping: Rajapaksa
Colombo, November 16- The CHOGM summit opened on Friday with a combative Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, under attack over alleged rights violations in...
Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa Says Manmohan Didn’t Mention Tamil Sentiment In...
Colombo, November 14 - Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Thursday expressed satisfaction over External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid attending the CHOGM summit.
"I am...
President ordered to formulate legal aspects pertaining to NPC polls
JUNE 5- President Mahinda Rajapaksa has ordered the Foreign Minister G.L Pieris to formulate the legal aspects pertaining to the Northern provincial Council.
These instructions...
Sri Langka marks 4th anniversary of war victory amid hope for...
COLOMBO, May 19- Sri Lanka on Saturday celebrated the fourthanniversary of the defeat of the Tamil Tiger rebels after 30 years of war and...
President declares war heroes month
May 9th- President Mahinda Rajapaksa today officially declared the commencement of the war heroes month, at a ceremony held at Temple Trees.
The Prime Minister,...
Sri Lanka President expresses condolence over China quake
22 April 2013-Sri Lankan Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, on Sunday said he was deeply saddened to hear of the loss of lives and...
