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Sri Lanka parliament sacks Rajapakse
The island nation has been in crisis since the president sacked prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on October 26 and replaced him with Rajapakse
2 min read14 Nov 2018Sri Lanka president Sirisena cuts PM Ranil Wickremesinghe duties in power struggle
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena took away the central bank, the policy-making National Operations Room and several other institutions from the control of PM Ranil Wickremesinghe
1 min read28 Mar 2018Sri Lanka says army ‘sabotaging’ post-war reconciliation
Govt to return land taken from Tamil residents in Jaffna for commercial exploitation by the military
2 min read29 Jan 2015Maithripala Sirisena sworn in as Sri Lanka’s new President
Sirisena says Sri Lanka will have a foreign policy that will mend its ties with the international community and all global organisations
3 min read9 Jan 2015Opposition secures Buddhist backing for Sri Lanka vote
Maithripala Sirisena, who defected to challenge his former boss Rajapakse in the 8 January election, visited monk Maduliwawe Sobitha for his blessings
2 min read23 Nov 2014Rains hamper Sri Lanka landslide tragedy search effort
At least 1,200 people from nearby tea plantations have been evacuated from their homes amid fears that ongoing rains could lead to more mudslides
3 min read30 Oct 2014Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s party narrowly clears vote test
United People's Freedom Alliance secured 19 out of the 34 seats in the Uva provincial council, but saw its popularity plummet by 22.98 percentage points
1 min read21 Sep 2014Sri Lanka says will refuse entry to UN investigators
Rajapakse names 2 more foreign experts to join 3 international legal experts already on a panel of advisers helping the inquiry
3 min read19 Aug 2014Jayalalithaa petitions PM for release of TN fishermen detained in Sri Lanka
Jayalalithaa says latest arrest of 32 fishermen is a deliberate attempt by Sri Lanka to vitiate atmosphere before second round of fishermen-level talks
1 min read5 Mar 2014Sri Lanka says ‘nothing to hide’ as it counts war dead
Rights activists expressed scepticism at the war-dead census pressurised on to Sri Lanka during the Commonwealth summit in Colombo earlier in November
3 min read28 Nov 2013Popular Topics
Budget
The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared