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Lawyer moves court for arrest of ex-Lankan PM for attack on
More than 100 protestors were injured at the Galle Face protest site during violent clashes resulting in a nationwide curfew with the country’s tri...
'Wickremesinghe, with 1 seat in Parl, to return to premiership?
The 73-year-old United National Party (UNP) leader held talks with President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Wednesday and is expected to meet him again on...
Prez Gotabaya mum on resignation, to consider curbing his powers
Meanwhile, the President is reported to have contacted Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP and Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka to offer premiership, the...
HC denies quashing plea against TN's assistance to crisis-hit Lanka
The judges passed the direction after hearing the submission of the government advocate that the TN Transparency in Tenders Act gives exemptions to...
Sri Lanka crisis: Gotabaya Rajapaksa ready to abolish executive...
Sri Lanka's economic situation will worsen if political stability is not achieved, the country's Central Bank Governor Nandalal Weerasinghe warned on...
India refutes reports on sending troops to Lanka
In its first reaction to the situation in Sri Lanka, India on Tuesday said that it is "fully supportive" of the island nation's democracy, stability...
Sri Lanka president warns of racial tensions amid economic crisis
Rajapaksa and his brother Mahinda Rajapaksa, who resigned as prime minister on Monday, were in key government positions when a 26-year civil war ended...
'Rajapaksas may order military intervention if violence continues':...
A backlash saw the attackers being subject to violence, they were stripped naked and some of them were thrown into the Beira Lake in Colombo.