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Before 2005, the UNP was close to the Republican Party of America in Sri Lankan politics. The SLFP was close to the Democratic Party of America. During the 1988 presidential election, Lalith Athulathmudali, the Minister of National Security of JR's...

When the Arab Spring broke out in Egypt in 2011, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa said that if foreign conspirators were to create such a rebellion in Sri Lanka, it would not succeed. But the Arab Spring wave came to...

President Ranil said in a forum of tea factory owners that due to the issues with China and India, the I.M.F. will take time to make the deal successful. From the beginning, China did not like Sri Lanka going to...

Chinese President Xi Jinping, who came to Sri Lanka in 1986. After that, no Chinese president visited Sri Lanka. Xi Jinping is the first Chinese President to visit Sri Lanka after 1986. Xi Jinping came to Sri Lanka 28 years...

As soon as Ranil Wickremesinghe assumed the post of Prime Minister in June 2020, he invited the Speaker of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed, to come to Sri Lanka. He came to Sri Lanka and met Ranil. Ranil immediately appointed Nasheed...

Ponniyin Selvan is being very successfully screened in India these days. The story of the movie is about the Chola empire in India. A Sri Lankan actor also acts in this film. His character in the film is Vth Mahinda....

The Rajapaksa family decided to give Ranil Wickremesinghe the post of Prime Minister for three reasons. The first reason is the belief that he will split the Samagi Jana Balavegaya. The second reason is Ranil's promise to the Rajapakse family...

Unlike his predecessors, President Wickremesinghe has chosen to visit Japan in his first foreign traveling since he became the president on July 20 through a parliament vote. His predecessors, both Gotabaya Rajapaksa (2019-2022) and Maithripala Sirisena (2016-2022), visited India in...

The last time I was here, I could never have guessed that an American president would attack the judiciary, the press, women, minorities, our diplomat our intelligence professionals, and many of our closest allies... The above is an excerpt from...

Independent parties, including Wimal Weerawansa, came together and formed a new alliance solemnly over the weekend. The Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka also attended this event as a chief guest. Vimal said in front of the guests, including himself, that...