Tag: Mahinda Rajapaksa

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa told Daily Mirror: “ We need the second tier of political representatives. People are used to the system,” though a section of the government is against the two-tier system

The Indian PM wished that the strong ties between the two nations would be further cemented in the years to come

Asks Election Commission to look into the possibility of holding them under the old Proportional Representation system

India’s Deputy High Commissioner, Vinod Jacob, was present at the inauguration of the 100 MW plant by Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on Tuesday

Mahinda Rajapaksa received a record-breaking 527,364 preferential votes, the highest number of votes a candidate ever received.

Colombo, Jan 4 (NIA) - Sri Lanka's former President Mahinda Rajapakse, on Wednesday charged that he would topple the government while Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was in the country. Rajapakse was responding to a 'humorous' statement made by Wickremesinghe recently where he said Rajapakse could topple the government when he visits Switzerland next week. However, Rajapakse in a tweet on ...

Colombo, Jan 2 (NIA) - Sri Lanka's Prime Minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, on Monday responding to former President Mahinda Rajapakse's threats that the government would be toppled this year, said in a humorous tone that Rajapakse could topple the government when he visits Switzerland next week. "I am going to Switzerland for a week, giving Mahinda the chance to bring the government down," Wickremesinghe said. ...

Colombo, Dec 20 (NIA) - Sri Lanka's former President, Mahinda Rajapakse, on Tuesday, mocked the government over its plans to appoint a 'super minister' stating that if all the ministers did their respective jobs well, then the country would not need any 'super minister'. Speaking to local journalists, Rajapakse said that during his regime he did not appoint any ministers of ...

Colombo, Dec 2 (NIA) - Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena, has called on political parties and scholars to join in the government's efforts in strengthening reconciliation and support the new constitution which aims to solve issues in the island nation. “If we cannot strengthen reconciliation among all communities it is a massive disaster,” President Sirisena said. “The root cause of ...