Tag: Sri Lanka
In Sri Lanka, the president’s party coalition won the parliamentary elections | News in brief
Sri Lanka’s new president Anura Kumara Dissanayaken the left-wing party has won a clear majority in the parliamentary elections, according to the news agencies Reuters, AFP and AP. The party…
Former Marxist Anura Kumara Dissanayaka declared winner of presidential election
Anura Kumara Dissanayaka, a candidate for the left-wing coalition in austerity-driven Sri Lanka, has won the presidential election on Saturday, September 21, the country’s electoral commission announced the day after…
In Sri Lanka, a presidential election to definitively turn the page on Rajapaksa?
Sri Lankans go to the polls on Saturday, September 21, to elect a new president, two years after the Rajapaksa clan fell from power. According to the specialist on this…
Paea Wolfgramm, Susanthika Jayasinghe, Issaka Daboré, Zersenay Tadesse
As the Paris 2024 Olympic Games approach, RFI looks back at these medalists who shed light on their countries that are not used to monopolizing the podiums. Today, focus on…
Argentina asks Pakistan, Sri Lanka to arrest visiting interior minister
The Argentine government on Tuesday, April 23, asked Pakistan and Sri Lanka to arrest Iranian Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi, wanted for the attack on the Jewish mutual fund Amia in…
France publishes a report on illicit and recurring practices of international adoption
Shedding light on illicit practices in international adoption is the objective of this interministerial mission launched in 2022. Its conclusions are presented on Wednesday March 13 at the end of…
Almost 1 kilogram! Even the doctors couldn’t believe it, it went down in history as a world record…
The world’s largest kidney stone has been removed from a person’s body in Sri Lanka. Photos of the kidney stone removed by the doctors at the army hospital were published…
The army of that country has published! Even the doctors couldn’t believe it! World record…
The world’s largest kidney stone was removed from a patient in Sri Lanka. The weight of the kidney stone, which was stated to be the size of a grapefruit and…
“After the 2022 uprising, this February 4 is not a trivial anniversary date”
Éric Paul Meyer is professor emeritus at the Institute of Oriental Languages in Paris and a specialist in the Indian subcontinent. On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of Sri…
former President Sirisena found guilty of negligence
This is a first in the history of Sri Lanka. The Supreme Court found former President Sirisena guilty of failing to thwart the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks, the country’s worst…