Officials from the President's Office said more ministers were to be sworn into the new cabinet by next week. Sri Lanka has seen weeks of public protests amid ongoing political and economic instability, which has led to a shortage in essential supplies including food and medicines. ■News...
Sri Lanka has seen weeks of public protests amid ongoing political and economic instability, which has led to a shortage in essential supplies including food and medicines.■
Sri Lanka with 22 million people is facing its worst economic turmoil since independence from Britain in 1948. Foreign exchange reserves have dropped to historic lows, leaving the country struggling to pay for essential imports of fuel, food and medicine. President Ranil Wickremesinghe remains Financ...
Nine new Cabinet Ministers have been sworn in before Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa this morning (May 20). The newly-appointed ministers are as follows: Nimal Siripala de Silva– Minister of Ports, Shipping and Aviation Susil Premajayanth– Minister of Education Keheliya Rambukwella– Min...
Sri LankaCommonwealthdismissal of prime ministerdemocratic deconsolidationThis article comparatively analyses processes of democratic deconsolidation in the Asian Commonwealth states of Malaysia and Sri Lanka by examining two recent constitutional crises in which the head of state dismissed, or attempted to ...
Devotees in Kandy urged to be more environmentally friendly Published 2 hours ago on April 22, 2025 By editor The Clean Sri Lanka programme respectfully urges all devotees visiting the Sri Dalada Maligawa (Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic) for the veneration of sacred relics, to avoid bring...
Prime Minister Rajapaksa, who had been widely respected and almost deified by the majority Sinhala Buddhists for his leadership role in ending Sri Lanka’s 26-year war, is fast losing his appeal, analysts say. Political crisis The economic crisis has now turned into a political crisis with ...
Bay of Bengal Initiative for MultiSectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC), under the chairmanship of the Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar. Agriculture ministers of Bhutan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Thailand participated in the meeting...
Also contributing to discussions were the ministers from Bahrain, Costa Rica Ecuador, Croatia, Ethiopia, Ghana, Jordan, Malawi, Malta, Mexico, Montenegro, Nicaragua, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka. Tourism’s unprecedented political relevance
The meeting in Katmandu will finalize agreements and plan the agenda for the leaders’ gathering on Wednesday and Thursday. Leaders from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka will meet as a group and also hold bilateral discussions on the sidelines of the...