President Ranil Wickremesinghe, on his maiden official visit to India after assuming Presidency, conveyed a resolute commitment to strengthen the bilateral ties between India and Sri Lanka.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe has assured action against police officers who had ‘violently disrupted’ a Hindu religious offering at the controversial archaeological site at Kurunthurmalai in Mullaitivu.

The investigation into the latest site claimed to be a mass grave has been postponed indefinitely.

Just around Rs. 2 trillion worth of assets are held out of Rs. 8 trillion of project loans obtained by Sri Lanka so far, said auditor-general W.P.C. Wickramaratne.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe was hosted by Indian minister of external affairs Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar for a one-on-one meeting yesterday (20), the President’s Media Division said.

A Muslim poet, Ahnaf Jazeem, has been designated further by the Sri Lankan government.

The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MPs yesterday (20) signed a no-confidence motion against health minister Keheliya Rambukwella.

The draft Central Bank Act was passed with amendments yesterday afternoon (20) at a House vote following a day-long debate.

Rohan Fernando, chairman of Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT), has claimed that he has been replaced by way of a ‘boardroom coup’.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe departed for New Delhi this afternoon (20) in his first official visit to India as the head of state.