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Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa (Photo: AP)

Sri Lankan parl votes against newly-appointed Rajapaksa govt

Speaker ruled that majority of 225-member assembly supported no-confidence motion against Rajapaksa who was made PM on...

14 Nov 2018 11:23 AM IST

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa (Photo: AP)

Lankan parties drag Prez to Supreme Court

Rajapaksa needed the support of minimum 113 parliamentarians in the 225-member House to prove his majority.

13 Nov 2018 1:33 AM IST

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)

In Lanka crisis, India can't sit on sidelines

Long-term Sri Lanka watchers say Mr Rajapaksa's India visit was to prepare Delhi for just such an eventuality.

13 Nov 2018 1:23 AM IST

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 3:36 PM IST

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 6:57 PM IST

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...

11 Nov 2018 12:00 AM IST

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...

11 Nov 2018 12:05 AM IST

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 7:31 PM IST

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 1:20 PM IST

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 11:52 AM IST

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 1:26 PM IST

Thousands of loyalists from across the country are camped out at the Temple Trees residence in Colombo, a colonial-era bungalow where Ranil Wickremesinghe has been holed up since his shock dismissal more than a week ago. (Photo: AFP)

Ousted Sri Lankan PM's official home becomes symbol of power struggle

Sirisena sacked Wickremesinghe on October 26 but he has refused to accept the decision or to leave the residence.

4 Nov 2018 2:27 PM IST