The Maithripala Sirisena government has set in the process of making a new Constitution since January this year. The 2017 government budget is expected to be presented in Parliament mid-November. Sri Lanka’s new draft Constitution could be presented in Parliament before the next budget which would be announced by mid-November this year, Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera has said while hoping that it will celebrate the country’s diversity. “We... 

COLOMBO: The close relationship between China and Sri Lanka will have no bearing on their ties with other countries, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said in Colombo today. Mr Yi is on a three-day official visit to Sri Lanka ahead of President Maithripala Sirisena’s China visit later this month. Wang Yi is in Sri Lanka ahead of President Maithripala Sirisena’s China visit. “There is a consensus between China and Sri Lanka that our... 

Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will embark on a three day visit to Sri Lanka tomorrow to push forward strategic cooperative partnership. During the visit, Wang will call on President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe and hold talks with Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei told media briefing here today. This is the first major visit by... 

India strongly believes that its economic growth must bring benefits to its neighbours, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday as a stadium in Jaffna renovated by India was jointly inaugurated by him along with Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena. While thanking India for its assistance, Sirisena said Lanka was committed to strengthening bilateral relations even though there may be wrong understandings and interpretations at times. “landmark...