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Maithripala Sirisena
Sri Lanka Freedom Party set to face long legal battle in factional clash
The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) is set to get into a long legal battle this election year with separate factions trying to gain control of it as Nimal Siripala de Silva, an incumbent minister, was on Monday appointed the party's acting chairman in place of former president Maithripala Sirisena.
08 April 2024, 10:35 IST
Sri Lanka Freedom Party set to face long legal battle in factional clash
08 April 2024, 10:35 IST
Sri Lanka’s ex-president Sirisena to be quizzed by police over controversial remark on Easter bombings
Sirisena, 72, was president between 2015 January and 2019 November. He had previously denied any knowledge of the attacks.
24 March 2024, 10:27 IST
Sri Lanka’s ex-president Sirisena to be quizzed by police over controversial remark on Easter bombings
24 March 2024, 10:27 IST
Ex-SL Prez apologises for 2019 Easter Sunday bombings
The bombings triggered a political storm as then Prez Sirisena and PM Ranil Wickremesinghe were blamed for their inability to prevent the attacks
31 January 2023, 13:50 IST
Ex-SL Prez apologises for 2019 Easter Sunday bombings
31 January 2023, 13:50 IST
Lankan President blames previous govt for Easter blasts
The Buddhist-majority nation was about to mark a decade since ending a 37-year-long Tamil separatist war in May 2009 when the suicide bombings happened
25 November 2021, 05:58 IST
Lankan President blames previous govt for Easter blasts
25 November 2021, 05:58 IST
Easter Sunday attacks: Sirisena appears before panel
05 October 2020, 18:21 IST
Easter Sunday attacks: Sirisena appears before panel
05 October 2020, 18:21 IST
Police to record Sirisena's statement on Easter attacks
Sri Lankan police to record former President Maithripala Sirisena's statement on the Easter bombings as a case is taken up against the former police chief for their failure to prevent the island's worst terror attack.
06 January 2020, 11:40 IST
Police to record Sirisena's statement on Easter attacks
06 January 2020, 11:40 IST
Mahinda Rajapaksa becomes Sri Lanka's new PM
Sri Lanka's former strongman Mahinda Rajapaksa on Thursday took oath as the new prime minister of the island nation after incumbent Ranil Wickremesinghe formally stepped down from his post.
21 November 2019, 08:45 IST
Mahinda Rajapaksa becomes Sri Lanka's new PM
21 November 2019, 08:45 IST
After hiatus, Rajapaksa bros set to dominate Sri Lanka
One brother is considered a shoo-in for the job of Sri Lanka's president in elections this weekend and another is eyeing the prime minister's post when that election becomes due early next year.
12 November 2019, 06:29 IST
After hiatus, Rajapaksa bros set to dominate Sri Lanka
12 November 2019, 06:29 IST
Sirisena inaugurates Lanka's 3rd international airport
Jaffna International Airport is upgraded with India's assistance
17 October 2019, 19:55 IST
Sirisena inaugurates Lanka's 3rd international airport
17 October 2019, 19:55 IST
Sri Lanka: Prez accuses PM party of letting Tamils down
Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena has accused Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's party of not doing enough to bring in a new Constitution to address the problems of the minority Tamil community in the country
31 August 2019, 10:21 IST
Sri Lanka: Prez accuses PM party of letting Tamils down
31 August 2019, 10:21 IST
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