Geopolitics

‘Exercise restraint’ Guterres urges Sri Lankans, as political crisis deepens

New York, United Nations chief António Guterres said on Sunday he was following Sri Lanka’s deepening political crisis with “great concern”, after a man was killed allegedly by a politician’s bodyguard, who reportedly fired on a crowd of demonstrators. more

Sri Lanka: PM Mahinda Rajapaksha assumes charge

Colombo: Amid political crisis in the island nation, former president Mahinda Rajapaksa on Monday assumed charges as the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, media reports said.

Ex-Lanka president Rajapaksa's Pakistan visit sounds like a plan: analysts

Colombo, June 26 (Just Earth News) Former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa was touring Pakistan from June 19-23 but geopolitical analysts in the subcontinent said his visit was cloude ...

Sri Lanka: UN assists storm victims, seeks to contain diseases 'spiralling out of control'

New York, June 6(Just Earth News): In the aftermath of a devastating tropical storm in Sri Lanka, United Nations agencies are working to provide shelters and other emergency kits while seeki ...

Sri Lanka: UN agency deploys rapid assessment teams to assist in wake of monsoon floods, landslides

New York, May 31(Just Earth News): According to Sri Lanka’s Disaster Management Centre (DMC), the South Asian country is combating floods and mudslides in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Mora ...

UN food relief agency working with Sri Lanka to end hunger and malnutrition

New York, Feb 15 (Just Earth News): Sri Lanka is making efforts to achieve zero hunger and zero under-nutrition, having launched a national review of food security and nutrition with the Uni ...