![]() | Sri Lanka's ex-President Sirisena apologises for 2019 Easter Sunday bombingsSirisena's apology came after Sri Lanka's Supreme Court on January 12 ordered him to pay SLR 100 million as compensation to the victims. |
![]() | Sri Lankan court orders ex-President to pay victims of 2019 Easter bombingsA seven-judge bench of the top court ordered Sirisena to pay 100 million rupees ($273,300) from his personal funds. |
![]() | Sri Lanka's former president Sirisena named suspect in Easter Sunday attacksThe probe had also found a host of other top defence officials, including former police chief Pujith Jayasundera and former defence secretary Hemasiri Fernando, guilty of ignoring prior intelligence. |
![]() | Sri Lanka's Acting President Wickremesinghe seeks UK help in 2019 Easter attacks probeOn the third anniversary of the Easter terror attack in April, then Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa vowed that the Sri Lankan government will not rest until justice has been served. |
![]() | Sri Lanka president agrees to remove brother as PM: LawmakerPresident Gotabaya Rajapaksa agreed that a national council will be appointed to name a new prime minister and a Cabinet comprised of all parties in Parliament. |
![]() | Lankan economic crisis: Rajapaksa's grip on power weakens as dissidents plan to ditch governmentThe President invited the Opposition parties to join a unity Cabinet to tackle the raging public anger against the hardships caused by the economic crisis. |
![]() | Lanka economic crisis: Ruling coalition party urges President Gotabaya to form all-party govtParty's general secretary and state minister Dayasiri Jayasekera said that the Central Committee decided on Friday to urge the formation of a government representing all parties in Parliament. |
![]() | Sri Lankan leaders unite in congratulating Narendra Modi as BJP heads to major poll winSri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and main Opposition leader Mahinda Rajapaksa congratulated Modi. |
![]() | Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena promulgates emergency for a weekSirisena promulgated a state of emergency for a limited period of one week in the country by bringing into force Section 2 of the Public Security Ordinance. |
![]() | Troops who committed war crimes at behest of politicians would be punished: Sri Lanka President Maithripala SirisenaThe LTTE ran a nearly three-decade separatist campaign leading to a bloody war with the Sri Lankan security forces. |
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