Maithripala Sirisena
Jun 22, 2019
A state of emergency was extended by Sri Lanka’s President Saturday, going back on pledges to relax the tough laws introduced after the Easter Sunday attacks
May 02, 2019
Maithripala Sirisena Wednesday asked Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi to “leave my country alone”
Apr 30, 2019
Maithripala Sirisena has ordered the Director General of the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission to lift the temporary social media ban
Apr 29, 2019
Muslim women in Sri Lanka will not be allowed to wear any form of face veils in public from Monday
Apr 22, 2019
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena will declare a nationwide emergency from midnight on Monday.
Nov 18, 2018
Sri Lankan strongman Mahinda Rajapaksa, who was appointed prime minister in a controversial move by President Maithripala Sirisena, on Sunday ended his five-decade-long association with the SLFP and...
Nov 10, 2018
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has signed a special gazette notification dissolving parliament and declaring January 5, 2019, as the date for a snap parliamentary election.
Oct 29, 2018
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed concern over the deepening political crisis in Sri Lanka and called for restraint from all parties in the island country.
Jan 16, 2018
Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court has informed President Maithripala Sirisena that the duration of his term of office is five years after he sought the apex court’s
Jan 10, 2018
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has sought the Supreme Court’s opinion if he could be the president for six years
Aug 30, 2016
Demands postponement of exams
Aug 22, 2016
As the driver of his convoy went for darshan of Lord Balaji President Maithripala Sirisena along with his family was made to wait for 12 minutes in his car