Category: SriLanka
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COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as the country’s acting president on Friday, a government official said. Wickremesinghe had already taken on the role after former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country on Wednesday following months of anti-government protests. Reuters.
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COLOMBO (AFP) – Crisis-hit Sri Lanka declared an indefinite nationwide state of emergency on Wednesday, hours after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country, the prime minister’s office said. “Since the president is out of the country, an emergency has been declared to deal with the situation in the country,” Dinouk Colombage, spokesman for Prime Minister…
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka was in a political vacuum for a second day Monday with opposition leaders yet to agree on who should replace its roundly rejected leaders, whose residences are occupied by protesters angry over the country’s deep economic woes. Protesters remained in President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s residence, his seaside office and…
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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has banned its citizens from traveling to several countries including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Srilanka. This comes after the UAE last month extended the travel ban on passengers from 14 countries until July 21 in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Foreign Ministry and the National Emergency, Crisis and…
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Sri Lanka: Sri Lankan government announced plans to ban the wearing of burqas and said it would close more than 1,000 Islamic schools known as madrassas, citing national security. Reuters reported on Saturday, quoting a government minister. A “burqa” is an outer garment that covers the entire body and the face and is worn by some…
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COLOMBO: Newly-elected Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Wednesday named his brother Mahinda as Prime Minister, cementing the grip on power of a clan credited with crushing the Tamil Tigers a decade ago. Mahinda, a two-term president himself, is due to be sworn in as premier on Thursday following the resignation of Ranil Wickremesinghe after…
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COLOMBO: Sri Lankan intelligence officials were tipped off about an imminent attack by extremists hours before a series of suicide bombings killed more than 300 people on Easter Sunday, three sources with direct knowledge of the matter said. Three churches and four hotels were hit by suicide bombers on Sunday morning, killing 321 people and…
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COLOMBO: Easter Day bomb blasts at three Sri Lankan churches and three luxury hotels killed about 207 people and wounded more than 450 including five Pakistan nationals, a hospital director and police officials said, following a lull in major attacks since the end of the civil war 10 years ago. In just one church, St. Sebastian’s…
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source: www.colombopage.com The unity government made efforts to assure the rights of the children at the 77th session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child in Geneva on January 15. According to the reports, the island nation is making their way towards the path of progress in protecting and promoting the rights of…
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source: www.afsuter.com The Government of Sri Lanka is initiating a massive change in the field of pharmaceutical manufacturing industry. According to the reports, it was revealed that the Government is presently working on importing substitution through the establishment of a local pharmaceutical production zone that could fulfil 60% demand for drugs by 2020. A Government…