Sri Lanka’s Tamil MPs seek PM Modi intervention on political solution
2 years, 11 months ago

Sri Lanka’s Tamil MPs seek PM Modi intervention on political solution

The Hindu  

Prominent Tamil legislators from Sri Lanka’s north and east have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking India’s help in ensuring that Colombo addresses the island’s long-pending Tamil question with a lasting political solution. It also mentions the interventions made by the Indian political leadership at different points, including PM Modi’s address to the Sri Lankan Parliament in 2015, when he spoke of his firm belief in “cooperative federalism”. Flagging heightening attacks and threats to land owned by Tamils in the north and east, and language rights of Tamil-speaking people, including Malaiyaha Tamils living in the hill country, the parliamentarians have appealed to PM Modi “to urge the government of Sri Lanka to keep its promises to fully implement the provisions of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which ensures a measure of power devolution”. They have also sought Indian pressure to ensure implementation of “the clear commitments made by all sections of government from 1987 onwards and enable the Tamil speaking peoples to live with dignity, self-respect, peace and security in the areas of their historic habitation, exercising their right to self-determination within the framework of a united, undivided country.” The letter is the outcome of deliberations among Tamil MPs.

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Sri Lankan president’s visit ticks most boxes
5 days, 13 hours ago

Sri Lankan president’s visit ticks most boxes

New Indian Express  

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s promise of continuity with change and saying what India wanted to hear on security relations ought to have eased concerns in New Delhi about the Marxist-leaning leader’s new regime. The joint statement also spoke about an open, safe and secure Indian Ocean region, which was read in the context of China’s territorial expansionism and …

‘Won’t allow anti-India activities’: Sri Lankan President Dissanayake
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1 week ago

‘Won’t allow anti-India activities’: Sri Lankan President Dissanayake

Hindustan Times  

Sri Lanka will not allow its soil to be used against Indian interests, its President Anura Kumara Dissanayake told Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi on Monday as the two sides agreed on measures to bolster strategic and security cooperation. A joint statement said Dissanayake reiterated Sri Lanka’s “stated position of not permitting its territory to be used in any …

'Won't let anyone threaten India's security': Sri Lankan president's promise to PM Modi
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1 week ago

'Won't let anyone threaten India's security': Sri Lankan president's promise to PM Modi

Hindustan Times  

In a powerful display of commitment to defence cooperation, Sri Lanka on Monday officially assured New Delhi that it will not permit any force to use its territory to “threaten India's security” in any manner. Sri Lanka's President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi. This pledge was reiterated by newly elected Sri Lankan president …

Sri Lanka’s Dissanayake meets Modi: ‘Won’t allow our land to be used against India’s interests’
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1 week, 1 day ago

Sri Lanka’s Dissanayake meets Modi: ‘Won’t allow our land to be used against India’s interests’

Firstpost  

After holding a bilateral meeting with PM Modi in New Delhi, Sri Lankan President Dissanayake said: ‘I have given an assurance to the Prime Minister of India that we will not allow our land to be used in any way in a manner that is detrimental to the interest of India’ Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, on Monday, assured …

Modi holds talks with Sri Lankan President Disanayaka
1 week, 1 day ago

Modi holds talks with Sri Lankan President Disanayaka

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday held extensive talks with Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Disanayaka, focusing on further shoring up India-Sri Lankan cooperation in a range of areas, including defence, trade and investment.The Sri Lankan leader arrived in Delhi on Sunday, his first foreign trip after becoming president in September. "An extensive agenda encompassing trade, investment, development …

Interview | Sri Lankan democracy has been altered by citizens themselves: Jayadeva Uyangoda
1 month ago

Interview | Sri Lankan democracy has been altered by citizens themselves: Jayadeva Uyangoda

The Hindu  

Published : Nov 22, 2024 18:57 IST - 21 MINS READ Jayadeva Uyangoda, emeritus professor of political science at the University of Colombo, spoke to Amit Baruah about the groundbreaking November 14 election results and their implications for Sri Lanka’s future. Since independence—actually since 1931 when we got the universal adult franchise—political power through elections has always been the monopolistic …

Padma Rao Sundarji | ‘Honeymoon year’ for Sri Lanka’s new govt
1 month ago

Padma Rao Sundarji | ‘Honeymoon year’ for Sri Lanka’s new govt

Deccan Chronicle  

Fed up of nepotism, corruption and a staggering economic crisis and for the first time in their history, Sri Lankan citizens last week voted a largely unknown political party, the National People’s Power, with a landslide two-thirds majority in their Parliament. The JVP has consistently rejected all attempts to grant greater autonomy to Sri Lanka’s Tamil-majority Northern and Eastern provinces, …

Sri Lanka leader reappoints Amarasuriya as PM, retains finance and defence
1 month ago

Sri Lanka leader reappoints Amarasuriya as PM, retains finance and defence

Al Jazeera  

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake picks a 21-member cabinet as he plans sweeping reforms, including a campaign promise of a new constitution. Sri Lanka’s Marxist-leaning President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has reappointed educationist Harini Amarasuriya as the country’s prime minister after sweeping the snap parliamentary elections last week. Dissanayake on Monday picked a 21-member cabinet, retaining the key defence and finance portfolios …

‘Need a change’: Sri Lanka’s leftist win sparks hopes, bridges old divides
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1 month, 1 week ago

‘Need a change’: Sri Lanka’s leftist win sparks hopes, bridges old divides

Al Jazeera  

President Dissanayake’s party has won a two-thirds majority in parliament, including among Tamils and Muslims. Dissanayake’s National People’s Power won a landslide majority in Thursday’s parliamentary election, securing 159 seats in a house of 225 members – representing a comfortable two-thirds majority. They have shown they need a change from the old politics.” Vote for change According to political analyst …

Sri Lanka Leader Seeks to Bolster Power With Parliamentary Vote
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1 month, 1 week ago

Sri Lanka Leader Seeks to Bolster Power With Parliamentary Vote

Live Mint  

-- Sri Lanka holds its first parliamentary elections since the victory of its outsider leftist president, in a test of his ambitious pledges to combat corruption and rewrite an unpopular International Monetary Fund loan program. Anura Kumara Dissanayake called for early polls on the heels of his victory in the Sept. 21 presidential election, widely seen as a stunning rebuke …

Sri Lanka Election 2024: Tamil Support Surges for President Dissanayake in Jaffna Ahead of Parliamentary Vote
1 month, 1 week ago

Sri Lanka Election 2024: Tamil Support Surges for President Dissanayake in Jaffna Ahead of Parliamentary Vote

The Hindu  

Published : Nov 12, 2024 21:15 IST - 6 MINS READ Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is selling hope ahead of the November 14 Parliamentary elections. “I invite all of you, the people of Jaffna, to join me in this effort to change the political culture of our country.” Restoring land and trust Saying what the people wanted to …

Ramification | Sri Lanka: First presidential election after economic crisis and all weather Colombo-Delhi ties
3 months, 1 week ago

Ramification | Sri Lanka: First presidential election after economic crisis and all weather Colombo-Delhi ties

Firstpost  

Irrespective of the outcome of the election, India, as it has done in the past, will continue to support Sri Lanka in its economic recovery President Ranil Wickremesinghe and Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena gesture as they arrive at the Election Commission in Rajagiriya to submit his nomination papers for the upcoming presidential election, scheduled for September 21, in Colombo, Sri …

Prominent Tamil party in Sri Lanka seeks governance structure based on federal model
4 months, 1 week ago

Prominent Tamil party in Sri Lanka seeks governance structure based on federal model

The Hindu  

The Ilankai Tamil Arasu Katchi, a prominent political party representing Tamils of Sri Lanka’s north and east, has said it would consider backing a presidential aspirant who agrees to its demand for a governance structure based on a federal model. The party’s position, which reiterates its long-standing demand for a just political solution to the civil war-scarred country’s Tamil question, …

Heir apparent to Sri Lanka’s powerful Rajapaksa family will run in September’s presidential election
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Heir apparent to Sri Lanka’s powerful Rajapaksa family will run in September’s presidential election

Associated Press  

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The man who is considered the heir apparent to the powerful Rajapaksa family in Sri Lanka will contest the presidential election in September, his political party said Wednesday, in an apparent bid to regain his family’s lost power after a humiliating setback two years ago during an unprecedented economic crisis in the Indian ocean island nation. …

Rajapaksas’ party fields Mahinda’s son Namal in Sri Lanka’s presidential race
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Rajapaksas’ party fields Mahinda’s son Namal in Sri Lanka’s presidential race

The Hindu  

Sri Lanka’s ruling party helmed by the Rajapaksa clan, who were booted out of office by mass protests in 2022, on Wednesday named Namal Rajapaksa, son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, as its candidate for the September presidential polls. After Mr. Gotabaya was forced to resign at the height of Sri Lanka’s crushing unprecedented economic crisis in 2022, its MPs …

Rajapaksas’ party decides against backing Ranil in presidential election
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Rajapaksas’ party decides against backing Ranil in presidential election

The Hindu  

The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna — led by the once-powerful Rajapaksa clan which was deposed from power in 2022 — has said it will not back President Ranil Wickremesinghe in the presidential polls in September. On their party’s poll-time decision, SLPP General Secretary Sagara Kariyawasam said Mr. Wickremesinghe’s policies were not agreeable to members. Namal Rajapaksa, son of former President …

By taking oath in English, Jayant sends a message to his vote bank in the Hindi heartland
6 months, 1 week ago

By taking oath in English, Jayant sends a message to his vote bank in the Hindi heartland

The Hindu  

In the run-up to the Lok Sabha poll, a Bharatiya Kisan Union veteran had told this journalist that Rashtriya Lok Dal chief Chaudhary Jayant Singh’s tone and tenor in his speeches suggested that he was only asking farmers to return the favour after the BJP-led Centre conferred the Bharat Ratna on former Prime Minister and his grandfather Chaudhary Charan Singh. …

Rajapaksas to launch political comeback bid in Sri Lanka
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Rajapaksas to launch political comeback bid in Sri Lanka

Deccan Chronicle  

Sri Lanka's powerful Rajapaksa clan, which suffered political battering due to the country's worst economic crisis in 2022, will launch its political comeback bid on Sunday by targeting the impending elections. Former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, ex-prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and former finance minister Basil Rajapaksa were ousted from power during anti-government protests following the crippling financial and political crisis in …

Sri Lanka to hold presidential election between September 17 and October 16: Election Commission
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Sri Lanka to hold presidential election between September 17 and October 16: Election Commission

The Hindu  

Sri Lanka will hold presidential election between September 17 and October 16, the country's top electoral body announced on Thursday. President Ranil Wickremesinghe is expected to contest the presidential election under a new symbol, his top aide said last month. Mr. Wickremesinghe, 75, will represent several parties as a national candidate, Senior Presidential Advisor and UNP senior leader Ashu Marasinghe …

Rahul’s statement on Pinarayi Vijayan immature, says Raja
8 months ago

Rahul’s statement on Pinarayi Vijayan immature, says Raja

The Hindu  

Communist Party of India Secretary D. Raja has said the recent statement of Congress leader and United Democratic Front candidate in the Wayanad constituency Rahul Gandhi against Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan is immature and baseless. Addressing the media in Wayanad on April 20 Mr. Raja said Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and All India Congress Committee general secretary K.C. At a …

Epicentre of BJP’s South India campaign shifts to Kerala as PM Modi arrives on a two-day electioneering tour
8 months, 1 week ago

Epicentre of BJP’s South India campaign shifts to Kerala as PM Modi arrives on a two-day electioneering tour

The Hindu  

The epicentre of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s campaign in South India will likely shift to Kerala as Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives in Kochi late on April 14 for a two-day electioneering tour of the State. Later in the day, Mr. Modi will fly to Thiruvananthapuram, where he will campaign for the BJP’s high-profile candidates Rajiv Chandrasekhar and V. Muraleedharan …

PM must speak on 'encroachment of Indian territories' by China: Sharad Pawar
8 months, 1 week ago

PM must speak on 'encroachment of Indian territories' by China: Sharad Pawar

New Indian Express  

PUNE: Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar on Thursday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi must speak on the steps being taken on "encroachment" of the country's territories by China. Asked about the PM's interview to Newsweek magazine, Pawar, a former Defence minister, said Modi criticised the Congress for ceding an island to Sri Lanka in 1974 but he must also …

Modi wants to introduce presidential form of government, says Vaiko
8 months, 1 week ago

Modi wants to introduce presidential form of government, says Vaiko

The Hindu  

“We are in a crucial phase. Venkatesan at Obula Padithurai here on Wednesday, Mr. Vaiko said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has now come to Tamil Nadu to seek votes. Did he visit Tamil Nadu when people were affected by the cyclone in Chennai and its neighbouring districts and the unprecedented floods that had caused havoc in the southern districts. …

Why PM Modi has raised the emotive Katchatheevu Island issue
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Why PM Modi has raised the emotive Katchatheevu Island issue

India Today  

On March 31, the BJP found new ammunition to target the Congress as well as the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam in Tamil Nadu ahead of the April 19 Lok Sabha polls. Leading this BJP attack, Prime Minister Narendra Modi cited a media report to assert that the Congress “callously” gave away the Katchatheevu Island to Sri Lanka. Modi’s remarks underscored …

Modi In Tamil Nadu: PM Says Those Who Looted TN For Decades Are Afraid Of BJP's Rising Power
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Modi In Tamil Nadu: PM Says Those Who Looted TN For Decades Are Afraid Of BJP's Rising Power

News 18  

PM Modi in TN, Maharashtra LIVE: Latest Updates On Prime Minister Visit Our Live Blog Coverage on PM Narendra Modi Tamil Nadu And Maharashtra Visit has moved here. People are curious about the fact that I installed Sengol on the highest platform of the country’s Parliament.” PM Modi Remembers late TN CM Jayalalitha, Says 'She Greatest Leader After MGR' Prime …

Sri Lanka President Wickremesinghe backs India-mooted 13A as solution to Tamil community's demand for political autonomy
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Sri Lanka President Wickremesinghe backs India-mooted 13A as solution to Tamil community's demand for political autonomy

The Hindu  

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on January 5 backed the India-mooted 13th Amendment as a solution to address the minority Tamil community's long-pending demand for political autonomy. Addressing a group of professionals in Jaffna, the capital of the Tamil-dominated Northern Province, Mr. Wickremesinghe said the devolution of power shouldn’t merely be a political concept but an economic reality. The 13A …

Sri Lankan President Pushes 13th Amendment for Empowering Tamil Provincial Councils
1 year, 4 months ago

Sri Lankan President Pushes 13th Amendment for Empowering Tamil Provincial Councils

News 18  

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Wednesday said he would fully implement the 13th Amendment to make the system of provincial councils more meaningful by reducing the central government’s powers to curb their functioning, and asked all political parties to submit their proposals on the issue so that the Parliament could take a “final decision”. The President reiterated that he …

Sri Lankan President plans to implement 13th Amendment: How is it significant for India? Know about it
1 year, 4 months ago

Sri Lankan President plans to implement 13th Amendment: How is it significant for India? Know about it

India TV News  

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe is planning to press ahead with his quest for the full implementation of the 13th Amendment as part of his reconciliation efforts with the nation’s minority Tamil community, officials said. The Tamil minority community in Sri Lanka has been demanding the implementation of the 13th Amendment that provides for the devolution of power to it. …

Modi Has Asked Wickremesinghe To Act On Tamil Issue, Eyeing 2024. But, It's Easier Said Than Done
1 year, 4 months ago

Modi Has Asked Wickremesinghe To Act On Tamil Issue, Eyeing 2024. But, It's Easier Said Than Done

ABP News  

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s visit to India last week was although high on connectivity, trade and investment plans between both countries, it did little to resolve the decades-long controversy that continues to strain the relationship — and that is the issue of Tamil reconciliation that continues to stir up the bloody past of the civil war in Sri Lanka …

PM Modi raises aspirations of Tamils with Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe
1 year, 5 months ago

PM Modi raises aspirations of Tamils with Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe

The Hindu  

India expects Sri Lanka to implement the Thirteenth Amendment and ensure a “life of respect and dignity” for its Tamil population, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday. Welcoming Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe to India, Mr Modi informed that both sides have held talks on a number of infrastructure projects that can ensure greater connectivity between the two countries …

Tamil National Alliance ‘categorically rejects’ Sri Lankan President’s offer of 13th Amendment minus police powers
1 year, 5 months ago

Tamil National Alliance ‘categorically rejects’ Sri Lankan President’s offer of 13th Amendment minus police powers

The Hindu  

The Tamil National Alliance on Tuesday “categorically rejected” Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s offer to implement the 13th Amendment sans police powers, terming his proposal for development and power devolution “another hollow promise”. ‘No police powers’ A small section in the 16-page dossier that dealt with devolution said that the 13th Amendment would be implemented “with the exception of police …

No agreement in devolution talks with President Ranil Wickremesinghe: Tamil National Alliance
1 year, 7 months ago

No agreement in devolution talks with President Ranil Wickremesinghe: Tamil National Alliance

The Hindu  

Thetalks on power devolution between Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe and Tamil legislators yielded no positive outcome, according to the Tamil National Alliance, the largest grouping of MPs from the island’s north and east. The Tamil National People’s Front, which has two MPs, stayed out of the talks that it said were “simply aimed at appeasing the international community”. After …

The elusive political solution in Sri Lanka
1 year, 9 months ago

The elusive political solution in Sri Lanka

The Hindu  

Early February, a group of saffron-clad Buddhist monks gathered near the Sri Lankan Parliament and burnt a copy of the 13th Amendment. Tamils’ engagement Months into his unexpected Presidency, Mr. Wickremesinghe announced that he would ensure that the country’s long-pending ethnic question is resolved by February 4, 2023, the day Sri Lanka marked 75 years of its Independence from colonial …

13th Amendment | A promise of devolution
1 year, 11 months ago

13th Amendment | A promise of devolution

The Hindu  

If an Indian leader or top official makes a statement on Sri Lanka, it would invariably mention one piece of legislation in Sri Lanka’s Constitution — the 13th Amendment. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, who was in Colombo earlier this week, said he shared India’s “considered view” with President Ranil Wickremesinghe that the full implementation of the 13th Amendment was …

As talks with Tamil parties drag, Ranil pledges full implementation of 13th Amendment
1 year, 11 months ago

As talks with Tamil parties drag, Ranil pledges full implementation of 13th Amendment

The Hindu  

The Sri Lankan government will “fully implement” the 13th Amendment, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Sunday, making a familiar promise to the Tamils on the nearly 40-year-old legislation guaranteeing a measure of power devolution to the island’s provinces. His remarks come even as his government is engaged in talks with the Tamil political leadership to find a durable political solution …

INTERVIEW | R. Sampanthan on the Sri Lankan economic crisis: ‘We cannot go on like this’
2 years ago

INTERVIEW | R. Sampanthan on the Sri Lankan economic crisis: ‘We cannot go on like this’

The Hindu  

Published : Dec 01, 2022 10:35 IST Sri Lankan Member of Parliament Rajavarothiam Sampanthan, who has kept together a diverse coalition of Tamil political parties under the umbrella of the Tamil National Alliance since 2001, has witnessed many phases of the struggle since Sri Lanka became an independent country in 1948. Now 89 and largely confined to his official residence …

Sri Lanka’s Tamil parties skeptical of Ranil’s outreach
2 years, 1 month ago

Sri Lanka’s Tamil parties skeptical of Ranil’s outreach

The Hindu  

Reaching out to Sri Lanka’s Tamil parties in Parliament on November 10, President Ranil Wickremesinghe invited them for a discussion this week, and pledged to resolve their pending issues before the island nation’s 75th Independence Day falling on February 4, 2023. Sumanthiran said despite known differences among Tamil parties, the TNA invited them for a discussion this week, “as we …

Sri Lanka's former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa comes back after 51-day of self imposed exile
2 years, 3 months ago

Sri Lanka's former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa comes back after 51-day of self imposed exile

Firstpost  

Rajapaksa fled Sri Lanka to the Maldives on a Sri Lanka Airforce plane and then proceeded to Singapore, from where he resigned on 14 July Colombo: Sri Lanka’s former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa was accorded a warm welcome as he returned to Colombo from Thailand amid tight security on late Friday, ending his 51-day self-imposed exile after fleeing abroad following months-long …

Sri Lanka's main Opposition party demands former president Rajapaksa must be tried for misusing funds
2 years, 4 months ago

Sri Lanka's main Opposition party demands former president Rajapaksa must be tried for misusing funds

Firstpost  

Rajapaksa, 73, fled the country and resigned last month in the face of a popular uprising against his government for mismanaging the island nation’s economy Colombo: Sri Lanka’s former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa has the right to return to the country, but he must be tried for allegations of misuse of funds since he does not enjoy legal immunity, main Opposition …

Sri Lanka introduces bill to clip presidential powers
2 years, 4 months ago

Sri Lanka introduces bill to clip presidential powers

The Independent  

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Sri Lanka to hold crucial talks on formation of all-party government to combat economic meltdown
2 years, 4 months ago

Sri Lanka to hold crucial talks on formation of all-party government to combat economic meltdown

Firstpost  

Sri Lanka’s newly-elected President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Wednesday invited the political parties to form an all-party government to overcome the current economic crisis as the Parliament reconvened after a seven-day adjournment Colombo: The crucial talks on the possibility of forming an all-party government to tackle Sri Lanka’s economic meltdown will take place on Friday evening, officials and political leaders here …

Sri Lanka's main Tamil minority party extends support to Wickremesinghe's call for all-party government – Firstpost
2 years, 4 months ago

Sri Lanka's main Tamil minority party extends support to Wickremesinghe's call for all-party government – Firstpost

Firstpost  

Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe has called upon all the major parties of the countries to come together to form a national unity government to mitigate the ongoing crisis Colombo: Sri Lanka’s main Tamil minority party TNA on Monday announced that it will support President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s efforts to form an all-party national government to help the bankrupt country to …

Sri Lanka president gets long-sought win, faces challenges
2 years, 5 months ago

Sri Lanka president gets long-sought win, faces challenges

Associated Press  

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Six times Sri Lanka’s prime minister, President Ranil Wickremesinghe had long aspired to the pinnacle of power, enduring setback after setback but always managing to recover from seemingly impossible defeats. Meanwhile, out on the streets, protesters were chanting, “Ranil, go home!” Over the years, Wickremesinghe has moved in and out of the prime minister’s office as …

Dinesh Gunawardena likely to be named Sri Lankan Prime Minister
2 years, 5 months ago

Dinesh Gunawardena likely to be named Sri Lankan Prime Minister

The Hindu  

Ranil Wickremesinghe, who was sworn in as President of Sri Lanka on Thursday, is expected to appoint long-time Rajapaksa loyalist and senior politician Dinesh Gunawardena as Prime Minister, a source close to the President’s office told The Hindu. Reiterated the Opposition’s determination to provide constructive support to avert misery and disaster.” The Samagi Jana Balawegaya Leader said he proposed to …

India says no poll interference: \'Back Sri Lanka quest for stability\'
2 years, 5 months ago

India says no poll interference: \'Back Sri Lanka quest for stability\'

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Shortly after Ranil Wickremesinghe won the election in the Sri Lankan Parliament on Wednesday morning to become the cash-strapped island nation’s new President, India said that “as a close friend and neighbour of Sri Lanka and a fellow democracy”, it would “continue to be supportive of the quest of the people of Sri Lanka for stability and economic …

Sri Lanka, India are 'soulmates', says Indian Envoy Gopal Baglay | Exclusive
2 years, 5 months ago

Sri Lanka, India are 'soulmates', says Indian Envoy Gopal Baglay | Exclusive

India Today  

As Sri Lanka votes in parliament to elect the new President of the country, Indian High Commissioner to Colombo, Gopal Baglay, emphasised the importance India attaches to the critical island nation faced with the worst crisis ever. As the high commissioner of India, I and my colleagues have been trying, with the help and guidance of our authorities in New …

Sri Lanka crisis: Three candidates in the fray to replace former president Rajapaksa
2 years, 5 months ago

Sri Lanka crisis: Three candidates in the fray to replace former president Rajapaksa

Firstpost  

The winner will take charge of a bankrupt nation that is in talks with the IMF for a bailout, with its 22 million people enduring severe shortages of food, fuel and medicines Colombo, Sri Lanka: Three candidates were nominated Tuesday to replace former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled the country and resigned last week after protesters overran his …

Sri Lanka crisis live updates | Majority of Sri Lanka’s ruling SLPP party in favour of Dullas Alahapperuma as President, Sajith Premadasa as PM: G.L. Peiris
2 years, 5 months ago

Sri Lanka crisis live updates | Majority of Sri Lanka’s ruling SLPP party in favour of Dullas Alahapperuma as President, Sajith Premadasa as PM: G.L. Peiris

The Hindu  

With a severe shortage in foreign exchange reserves, Sri Lanka is facing its worst economic crisis in seven decades. PTI Colombo ‘Majority of SLPP party in favour of Alahapperuma as President, Premadasa as PM’ A majority of members of Sri Lanka’s ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna party was in favour of nominating Dullas Alahapperuma, a leader of its breakaway faction, …

'Keep helping': Sri Lanka's Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa appeals to PM Modi
2 years, 5 months ago

'Keep helping': Sri Lanka's Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa appeals to PM Modi

India TV News  

Sri Lanka crisis: Sri Lanka's leader of Opposition Sajith Premadasa appealed to PM Modi, and other political parties of India, to keep helping the island nation no matter who is selected as the President on July 21. In a tweet, Sajith Premadasa said: "Irrespective of who becomes the President of Sri Lanka tomorrow it is my humble and earnest request …

Centre to hold all-party meeting on Sri Lanka crisis tomorrow
2 years, 5 months ago

Centre to hold all-party meeting on Sri Lanka crisis tomorrow

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Centre announced on Sunday that an all-party meeting will be held on Tuesday evening at the Parliament House Annexe in New Delhi on the situation in neighbouring cash-strapped Sri Lanka, which is facing a grave economic crisis. At the all-party meeting on Sunday on the eve of the Monsoon Session starting Monday, both major Tamil Nadu parties …

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