Sri Lankan President revokes State of Emergency

Apr 05, 2022

Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 6 : Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Tuesday issued a notification revoking the proclamation issued declaring the State of...

Sri Lankan President declares public emergency after unrest

Apr 01, 2022

Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 2 : Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Friday issued an extraordinary gazette declaring a public emergency in the island...

Sri Lankan President likely to declare state of emergency

May 06, 2022

Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 6 : Sri Lanka President Gotbaya Rajapaksa will declare a state of emergency with effect from Friday midnight, local media...

Sri Lankan Parliament to convene from April 19

Apr 09, 2022

Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 9 : Amid one of the worst economic crisis in the country and a national emergency in force Sri Lankan...

Sri Lanka: Emergency should not become pretext for rights violations, says watchdog

Apr 03, 2022

Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 3 : A London based rights watchdog on Saturday warned the Sri Lankan government that the declaration of emergency in...

Sri Lankan Navy arrests 10 Indian fishermen

Aug 22, 2022

Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu) [India], August 22 : Ten Indian fishermen have been arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy for allegedly engaging in "illegal fishing"...