Tag: Sri Lankan

Pakistan’s new high commissioner presents credentials to SL president

COLOMBO: Pakistan High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Dr Shahid Ahmad Hashmat on Monday presented his credentials to Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka President HE...

PM to talk bilateral cooperation with Sri Lankan leadership

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif along with a high-powered delegation will be arriving here today (Monday) on a three-day official visit, during which he will...

We’ll walk the talk with India, Mamnoon tells Sri Lankan counterpart

Pakistan says it wants a constructive, sustained and result-oriented dialogue with India on all issues, including Kashmir. This was stated by President Mamnoon Hussain while...

Sri Lankan president’s brother dies after axe attack

The youngest brother of Sri Lankan president Maithripala Sirisena died in hospital Saturday after being attacked by a man wielding an axe two days...

Sri Lankan monk rejects Dalai Lama as spiritual leader

A radical Sri Lankan monk today rejected the Dalai Lama as a global spiritual leader of Buddhists, saying he is a creation of the...

Sri Lankan hardline Buddhists say Facebook accounts blocked after violence

BBS activists had made inflammatory statements against Muslims at a rally before the violence Buddhist activists accused of involvement in violence against Sri Lanka's minority...

CJCSC meets Sri Lankan president

Joint Chief of Staff Committee (CJCSC) Chairman General Rashad Mahmood called on President of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees in Colombo. During the...

Sri Lanka’s first female chief justice sacked

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Sunday sacked the country’s first female Chief Justice Shirani Bandarnayake after ratifying her impeachment by parliament, which held...

Sri Lanka seek one-day redemption

The great mystery of Sri Lankan cricket is how they can be so disappointing in Tests and yet so impressive in the shorter formats....

I would easily take a bullet for my family: Jacqueline

Jacqueline Fernandez, 27, holds her strongest bonds with her father and her country Sri Lanka. Ahead of her upcoming film Race 2, she opens...

Sri Lanka prison clash leaves 27 dead

At least 27 people were killed and a senior police officer seriously wounded when a gunfight broke out in Sri Lanka's biggest prison which...

Sri Lankan judges on strike over stabbing

Sri Lankan judges went on a strike Monday in an protest over the stabbing of a senior colleague that has heightened tensions between the...

Rain ruins Pakistan’s chances

Resolute Sri Lankan batting and wet weather frustrated Pakistan's bid to drive home the advantage on the third day of the second Test in...

UN rights chief warns against Sri Lankan activist attacks

The UN rights chief warned Friday against reprisals against Sri Lankan activists, noting “threats and intimidation” carried out by Colombo in the run-up to...

Sri Lanka board dissolvedQ

The Sri Lankan government on Tuesday cleared the way for the national cricket board committee to be elected for the first time in seven...

CM pays homage to Sri Lankan experts

Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Shahbaz Sharif directed the Food secretary on Thursday to evolve an effective system for taking preventive measures and hygienic arrangements...

Can Sri Lankan experts on dengue save the day?

On the invitation of the Punjab chief minister, a 12-member team of dengue experts from Sri Lanka held a detailed session of discussion and...