Jayaratne sworn in as Lanka PM

Veteran Sri Lankan socialist leader D M Jayaratne, a close ally of President Mahinda Rajapaksa, was sworn-in on Wednesday as the country's 20th prime minister after the ruling party secured a near......

Lanka won't allow outside 'interference': PM

As the United Nations chief planned to set up an advisory panel on alleged human rights violations in Sri Lanka, Premier Ratnasiri Wickremanayake has accused "certain" western nations of......

PM arrives in Colombo for SAARC summit

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived in Colombo on Friday to attend the two-day South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation summit beginning on Saturday. Singh was received by Sri Lankan......

Lankan PM meets Dr Singh; discusses peace process

Sri Lanka's peace process, strained by unabated fighting, is understood to have come up for discussion when the island nation's Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake met Prime Minister Manmohan......