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Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena. (Photo: AP)

Key Lankan parties, EC member move Supreme Court against President...

Sirisena on Sunday stoutly defended his move to dissolve Parliament, saying it was taken to prevent clashes among rival...

12 Nov 2018 10:06 AM

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa (Photo: AP)

Rajapaksa ends 50-yr association with Sirisena's party, joins...

Rajapaksa's move signaled that he would contest snap polls, to be held on Jan 5, under his own party banner and not that...

11 Nov 2018 1:27 PM

Maithripala Sirisena said he had ordered Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera to revoke his decision last week to overturn the 1979 law prohibiting the sale of any type of alcohol to women. (Photo: AP)

Sri Lanka President's actions undemocratic

The saddest development in this unseemly power struggle is how the democratic institution of Parliament has been...

10 Nov 2018 6:30 PM

Maithripala Sirisena said he had ordered Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera to revoke his decision last week to overturn the 1979 law prohibiting the sale of any type of alcohol to women. (Photo: AP)

Sri Lanka's clash of civilisations

Wickremesinghe finds himself not only jobless but once again rootless, especially in terms of the earthiness of Sri...

10 Nov 2018 6:35 PM

The alleged plot briefly threatened to cause tension between Sri Lanka and India, after a report that Sirisena had accused Indias intelligence services of involvement - a claim New Delhi and Colombo have both denied. (Photo: File)

Sri Lanka crisis: Wickremesinghe's party to fight parliament...

Sirisena had called for January polls after it was clear Rajapaksa wouldn't command majority in legislature.

10 Nov 2018 2:01 PM

The alleged plot briefly threatened to cause tension between Sri Lanka and India, after a report that Sirisena had accused Indias intelligence services of involvement - a claim New Delhi and Colombo have both denied. (Photo: File)

Sri Lanka crisis: President Sirisena dissolves parliament, calls for...

Sirisena called for January polls after it was clear Rajapaksa wouldn't command majority in legislature, a move...

10 Nov 2018 7:50 AM

The speaker also questioned Sirisenas decision to withdraw the security of Wickremesinghe. (Photo: AP)

Sri Lankan Speaker Jayasuriya presses for floor test to resolve...

His remarks come soon after he slammed President Sirisena, saying it was 'anti-democratic' to sack PM Wickremesinghe and...

8 Nov 2018 6:22 AM

The alleged plot briefly threatened to cause tension between Sri Lanka and India, after a report that Sirisena had accused Indias intelligence services of involvement - a claim New Delhi and Colombo have both denied. (Photo: File)

Sri Lanka has suffered 'coup without guns', says Speaker Karu...

The entire matter was pre-planned and the events can only be described as a coup, albeit one without the use of tanks...

7 Nov 2018 7:56 AM

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa (Photo: AP)

Tamil prisoners may be released to tilt scales in favour of Lanka PM...

Tamils say some of the prisoners have been held over a long time under an anti-terrorism law without even being formally...

4 Nov 2018 7:30 AM

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called Friday for an independent investigation into deadly clashes in Gaza between Palestinians and Israeli troops, while Security Council members urged restraint on both sides. (Photo: File)

UN chief urges Lankan prez to allow vote in Parl 'as soon as possible'

The political turmoil began after Sirisena sacked PM Ranil Wickremesinghe and installed former strongman Mahinda...

3 Nov 2018 9:57 AM

Rajapaksa assumed the duties in the prime ministers secretariat which was not used by the ousted prime minister Wickremesinghe, officials from his Sri Lanka Peoples Party (SLPP) said. (Photo: PTI)

Sirisena to reconvene Parl on Nov 5: Sri Lanka's new PM Rajapaksa

Sri Lanka's president Sirisena named Mahinda Rajapaksa as PM on Friday after abruptly dismissing the government of Ranil...

1 Nov 2018 6:31 AM

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa (Photo: AP)

India worried as Sri Lanka's 'Lord of the rings', pro-China, is back...

Rajapaksa has been accused by diplomats of serious human rights abuses in the war against rebels from the Tamil...

1 Nov 2018 6:12 AM