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Last Updated: January 10, 2023, 20:32 ISTThe nominations for the local body elections will be open from January 18 to January 21, while the date for the election will be announced later. (Reuters/Adnan Abidi/File Photo)President…

Gautam Gambhir has rated Bhanuka Rajapaksa's knock in the Asia Cup 2022 final between Sri Lanka and Pakistan among the top five innings in T20 cricket. Rajapaksa scored an unbeaten 71 off 45 deliveries as the Lankan Lions set a 171-run…

DUBAI: Bhanuka Rajapaksa smashed an unbeaten 71 to guide Sri Lanka to 170-6 after Pakistan's Haris Rauf rattled the opposition with early wickets in the Asia Cup final on Sunday (Sep 11). The left-handed Rajapaksa put on a key 58-run stand…

Sri Lanka started the Asia Cup as underdogs. Forget winning, no one expected them to reach the finals. And after they lost their first match against…

<!-- -->Gotabaya Rajapaksa flew to Singapore last month and quit as Sri Lanka's president.Colombo:  Sri Lanka's ruling party has asked the country's new president to provide security and other assistance for his predecessor who fled…

<!-- -->Gotabaya Rajapaksa has not been seen in public in Singapore.Singapore: The Singapore government has issued a new visa to former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, allowing him to stay in the country for another 14 days…

COLOMBO: "I am not a friend of the Rajapaksas, I am a friend of the people," President Ranil Wickremesinghehas told Sri Lankans, pledging to bring in the much-needed system change they are yearning for. The 73-year-old veteran politician…

The most feared and hated man in Sri Lanka, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, fled under the cover of darkness on July 13. The ‘Aragalaya’ or ‘Aragalists’ (meaning ‘struggle’ in Sinhalese), who had led nationwide protests demanding his resignation, have…

Sri Lanka’s Parliament held a special session on Saturday to start the process of electing a new president on July 20 following the resignation of Gotabaya Rajapaksa, with four contenders, including acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe…

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), the country’s ruling party, on Friday announced its decision to support interim president Ranil Wickremesinghe in the parliamentary vote to be held next week to elect the successor to Gotabaya Rajapaksa…