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Sri Lanka’s former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa is likely to face charges of graft and war crimes, and encounter a new wave of protests should he return to the crisis-hit country.
The Navy seized about 470 g of gold and a conch shell (Valampuri) being smuggled out of the country in the seas off Kurusapadu in Pesalai,Mannar on Monday (25) night. The Navy also took into custody three suspects and the dinghy they were using. It made the detection after checking a suspicious dinghy left the […]
President Ranil Wickremesinghe would hold Defence, Finance and other Cabinet portfolios that have not been assigned so far, until the formation of an all-party government, ministerial sources told The Island yesterday. That would be in line with the Constitution, sources said, adding that there was no time bar for the President to hold such portfolios. The government […]
President Ranil Wickremesinghe shares a light moment with a group of people at the Weheragoda, Purana Viharaya, Sedawatta, on Sunday (24). The new President received the blessings of the Maha Sangha, during his first visit to the temple after being sworn in as the President last Thursday (Pic courtesy PMD)