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Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa (Photo: AP)

Surprises may loom as Lankan turmoil grows

In the 2015 presidential election, China allegedly funnelled funds to Rajapaksa through its port development budget.

30 Oct 2018 6:46 PM

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa (Photo: AP)

As Sri Lankan crisis deepens, Minister says China financing...

A deputy minister in Wickremesinghe's administration, Ranjan Ramanayake, accused China of paying for Rajapaksa to buy...

30 Oct 2018 12:48 PM

Sri Lankas sacked Prime Minister Ranil Wickeremesinghe attends a media briefing in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018. (Photo | AP)

Sri Lanka braces for protest over PM Wickeremesinghe's sacking

He also suspended parliament in an apparent bid to shore up support for newly appointed Prime Minister Mahinda...

30 Oct 2018 7:13 AM

Lu Kang said the situation in the sea has been cooling down, thanks to efforts by China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. (Photo: AFP/File)

Observing, not interfering in Sri Lanka's political crisis: China

Sri Lanka had plunged into political crisis since Sirisena sacked Wickramasinge and appointed Mahinda Rajapaksa as his...

29 Oct 2018 11:50 AM

Sri Lankan soldiers keep watch outside the ceylon petroleum corporation in Colombo. (Photo: AFP)

Sri Lanka crisis can turn into bloodbath, says Parliament Speaker

'We should settle this through parliament, but if we take it out to the streets, there will be a huge bloodbath,'...

29 Oct 2018 10:20 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)

Mahinda Rajapaksa assumes charge as new Sri Lankan Prime Minister

Sirisena on Friday sacked Wickremesinghe and appointed Rajapaksa as new PM in surprise move that is being debated as...

29 Oct 2018 8:56 AM

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

US calls on Sri Lankan President Sirisena to immediately reconvene...

UN chief Guterres called on the Sri Lanka govt to respect democratic values, constitutional provisions and process and...

29 Oct 2018 3:57 AM

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa (Photo: AP)

India: Hope democratic values will be respected

Both India and China are jostling for influence in the island nation.

28 Oct 2018 8:27 PM

Sri Lankas former President and new Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse gestures as he arrives at the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic in Kandy. (Photo: AFP)

Rajapaksa calls for snap polls in inaugural statement as new PM

New PM Rajapaksa announced snap polls though next parliamentary elections are not due before Feb 2020.

28 Oct 2018 7:56 PM

Mahinda Rajapaksa was on Friday sworn in as the new Prime Minister by President Maithripala Sirisena. (Photo: Twitter | @PresRajapaksa)

Hope democratic values respected': India on Sri Lanka political crisis

'India is closely following the recent political developments in Sri Lanka,' MEA spokeperson Raveesh Kumar said.

28 Oct 2018 7:43 AM

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe (Photo: AFP)

Sri Lanka coup, a concern for India

Being pro-India and pro-West as Wickremasinghe was seen to be, he was always bound to be suspect in the eyes of Sinhala...

27 Oct 2018 11:17 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)

Sirisena suspends parliament as political crisis deepens in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka's President has suspended parliament until November 16, even as the Prime Minister he fired claims he has...

27 Oct 2018 8:48 AM