The request from the head of SLC came on Saturday, hours after the Sports Minister also vowed to appeal to the ICC against suspension which he claimed was illegal.
Following the meeting, the Finance Ministry, in a late Thursday night post, stated that Wickremesinghe acknowledged India's multi-faceted support to Sri Lanka during the economic crisis.
President Wickremesinghe was on a four day visit to China to attend an event to mark the 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) where he also geld meeting with the Chinese President Xi Jinping.
According to revelation by the controversial video, the massacre which killed 270 locals and foreigners and injured over 500 was aimed at bringing former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to power at the election that followed.
The Donier-228 maritime surveillance aircraft will take the place of the one that the Indian government handed over to the island nation exactly a year ago.
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s newly-appointed President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Monday congratulated India’s new President Droupadi Murmu, recalling the close ties between the two nations and underlining that her leadership offers “fresh impetus” to the joint endeavours to nurture and strengthen the cordial ties it enjoys. Murmu, 64, took over as India’s 15th president on Monday, the […]
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Presidential Secretariat, which was stormed by a sea of anti-government protesters in early July, is set to return to functioning from Monday under a tight security cover, according to a media report. Cleaning and repair work was underway to ready the Presidential Secretariat over the weekend as security forces opened Galle Road […]