Maithripala Sirisena

India rushes S Jaishankar to Sri Lanka to shield Gotabaya Rajapaksa from China, but stressed economy hampers New Delhi's diplomatic moves

The biggest issue for India, however, is its slowing economy and the strategic cost that it has to pay for lack of economic muscle.

Gotabaya Rajapaksa elected Sri Lankan president: Narendra Modi congratulates ex-defence secretary, says he looks forward to deepening 'fraternal ties'

Gotabaya Rajapaksa, a former defense official revered by Sri Lanka’s ethnic majority for his role in ending a bloody civil war but feared by minorities for his brutal approach, was declared victorious on Sunday in the nation’s presidential election

Sri Lanka presidential election: With reconciliation relegated to background, pre-poll rhetoric takes country back to turbulent past

The manifestos, debates and election campaigns of political parties in the 16 November presidential election in Sri Lanka, indicate that the turbulent past has never left the country

Maithripala Sirisena pardons death row convict who smashed Swedish teen's skull into 64 pieces; President's decision sparks outrage in Sri Lanka

Convicted killer Jude Jayamaha, from a wealthy, high-profile family, walked out of Welikada prison Saturday following the highly unusual amnesty granted by Sri Lanka president Maithripala Sirisena

Sri Lanka removed from FATF’s Grey List after nation shows significant progress in countering terrorism

Sri Lanka has been removed from the "Grey List" of the international terror financing watchdog FATF, according to a media report.

Sri Lanka’s Muslim clerics seek clarity from govt regarding face veil ban implemented after April's Easter Sunday attacks

Clerics are wary of Muslim community will be targeted again for violence, as it was in the aftermath of April's Easter Sunday attacks

Sri Lanka rejects Pakistan's claims of Sirisena calling J&K 'a disputed territory', says 'president did not make any such comments'

After the Pakistan High Commission in Sri Lanka claimed that the island nation's President has acknowledged J&K as a 'disputed territory', Colombo clarified that the president 'did not make any such comments' on the issue.

Pakistan high commissioner apprises Maithripala Sirisena on Jammu and Kashmir; Sri Lanka president desists from commenting

Pakistan high commissioner Major Gen. Shahid Ahmad Hashmat has called on Sri Lankan president Maithripala Sirisena and apprised him on the current situation in Jammu and Kashmir.

Sri Lanka rejects criticism over new army chief accused of war crimes, calls it 'sovereign decision'

Sri Lanka on Tuesday rejected the mounting international criticism of the appointment of a general accused of war crimes as the island nation's army chief.

Shavendra Silva, accused of human rights abuses during Sri Lanka's war against LTTE, becomes army chief

Silva, who will take charge as incumbent Army chief Lt Gen Mahesh Senanayake's service was not extended, has however denied the allegations of violating international human rights laws, including shelling a hospital.