Can India trust the Sri Lankan President?

On November 18 last year, then Sri Lankan prime minister Mahinda Rajapakse got a rather pleasant 60th birthday gift: News that he had been elected as the President of the island nation. Just two......

Pranab, Lankan President hold talks

Sri Lanka's faltering peace efforts and the deteriorating security situation came up for discussion on Tuesday when External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee met Sri Lankan President Mahinda......

Lankan president urges LTTE to surrender

With his forces encircling the fighters of the Liberation Tigers of Tami Eelam in a tiny strip of land in the northern region of the country, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse held out an......

PM will speak to Lankan President on Tamil issue

Expressing concern over the recent developments in Sri Lanka and the plight of the Tamils there, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said he will convey India's concern to Lankan President Mahinda......

Lankan President okay with cricket team's tour to Pak?

The 2009 Lahore terror attack is yet to become even a distant memory but Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapakse has reportedly given his consent to the country's cricket team touring Pakistan again.......

Jayasuriya denies having met the Prez

Veteran opener Sanath Jayasuriya on Friday denied having sought Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse's intervention for his inclusion in the ODI team to the West Indies. "It is completely false......

'The bus was torn into by a torrent of bullets'

The team heard a loud crackle. Then the scream came from Dilshan at the front of the bus. 'Get down.'Jayawardene was hit first; his sock filled with blood.Outside, twelve gunmen blocked the exit. A......