How Sri Lanka's runaway President went from 'war hero' to
By 2015, Sri Lanka owed China $8 billion, and Sri Lankan government officials predicted that accumulated foreign debt – both owed to China and other countries – would eat up 94% of the country
Sirisena pushes for hardline policy against drug trafficking
As Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena is pushing for a hardline policy to combat drug trafficking, the country began advertising for hangmen this week in local newspapers. An advertisement published in the state-run Daily News on Monday put the monthly pay at 36,310 rupees ($203.99), which would be above average for a government job. According to the advertisement, candidates should be
Sri Lanka: Ranil Wickremesinghe elected as President by
Sri Lankan lawmakers on Wednesday elected former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as President of the crisis-hit South Asian country, in a move likely to anger protesters who have been
Mahinda Rajapaksa: Sri Lanka’s former strongman and hardline
Sri Lankan former strongman Mahinda Rajapaksa is currently at the centre of one of the most-watched political crises in South Asia. The abrupt removal of Ranil Wickremesinghe as the Prime Minister by President Maithripala Sirisena and Rajapaksa’s appointment stunned the world and caused international concern. The chain of political events in the island nation has been billed to give shape to
South Africa–Sri Lanka relations
The President of South Africa, Jacob Zuma, visited Sri Lanka to participate in the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2013 in Colombo. The President of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa, visited South Africa in December 2013 to participate in the funeral of former President of South Africa Nelson Mandela . References [ edit]
