Colombo Page (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
Nov 24, Colombo: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa will win the upcoming presidential elections with a majority of 2.8 million votes, General Secretary of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister Maithripala Sirisena said.
Colombo Page (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
Nov 24, Colombo: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa said the people of the country gave him the responsibility to unite the nation and he has accomplished their wish defeating the deadliest extremists who were waging a war for the past three decades.
Colombo Page (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
Nov 24, Colombo: Science and Technology Ministers of SAARC countries called on the Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa today at the Temple Trees.
Colombo Page (Free subscription) | yesterday
Nov 24, Colombo: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa was the chief guest at the 50th anniversary celebrations of the Institute of Chartered Accountants held at the BMICH yesterday (23).
New York Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
President Mahinda Rajapaksa signed a decree calling for early elections, hoping to take advantage of his popularity after ending the country’s 25-year civil war.
Colombo Page (Free subscription) | yesterday
Nov 23, Colombo: New diplomats to Sri Lanka from four countries presented their credentials to President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the President's Office this morning.
Colombo Page (Free subscription) | yesterday
Nov 23, Colombo: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa today decided to hold the next Presidential Election ahead of the schedule after meeting with the ruling alliance members.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Colombo - President Mahinda Rajapaksa Monday announced new elections for January, two years ahead of schedule, a cabinet minister said. Rajapaksa made the announcement to the leaders of his coalition partners, and told them that he had decided to run...
Colombo Page (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Nov 22, Colombo: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa today participated in several events at educational institutes.
Colombo Page (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Nov 22, Anuradhapura: President Mahinda Rajapaksa worshipped Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi and Ruwanweliseya in Anuradhapura on his way to Kekirawa to open the housing scheme for soldiers.
Colombo Page (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Nov 22, Colombo: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa ceremoniously opened the "Rana Jayaviru Housing Village" this morning at Ipalogama, Kekirawa in the North Central Province.
Tamilnet (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa's brother and advisor Basil Rajapaksa MP on Saturday announced that the Tamils held in the internment camps of Vavuniyaa would be free, starting from December 01, to go and live wherever they want to or to choose whether they want to continue to remain inside the camps. Tamil sources in Vavuniyaa view the announcement with scepticism describing it as an 'election...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Colombo government bows to international pressure to close internment camps that have held civilians since end of civil war with Tamil Tigers Sri Lanka today bowed to international pressure and announced plans to close the internment camps that are home to more than 130,000 people locked up since the end of the country's bitter civil war six months ago. Two days after the UN's top humanitarian official,...
Colombo Page (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Nov 20, Colombo: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa assured the visiting top ranking Unite Nations official that the resettlement of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the north could be completed within the next few weeks.
Colombo Page (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Nov 20, Colombo: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa today participated in the opening ceremony of the "Rajatha Dekma" photographic exhibition held at the National Art Gallery by the official presidential photographer Sudath Silva.
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