[ad_1] Sri Lanka Crisis: Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland has said that India’s generous and multifaceted assistance to help Sri Lanka deal with its unprecedented economic crisis is “commendable”. Patricia also talked about India’s important role in tackling the global food crisis in an interview to ‘PTI-Bhasha’. He said the Commonwealth is working towards bringing a …
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Sri Lanka’s new Prime Minister’s India connection, know what
[ad_1] Sri Lanka PM: Since Dinesh Gunawardena was sworn in as the 15th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, local media highlighted the background of his father, Don Philip Rupasinghe Gunawardena, who was anti-imperialist and anti-colonial. He was at the center of the campaign and who also played an important role in India’s freedom struggle. Not …
Ranil sworn in as 8th President of Sri Lanka
[ad_1] digital desk, Colombo. Ranil Wickremesinghe was on Thursday sworn in as the eighth President of Sri Lanka at the Parliament complex. According to the Daily Mirror report, he took oath before Chief Justice Jayanta Jayasuriya. Wickremesinghe, 73, got 134 votes from MPs in the Parliament elections held on Wednesday. Of the 225 MPs, 223 …