Mahinda Rajapaksa resigns as Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister
Colombo | Mahinda Rajapaksa, who was appointed as Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister by President Maithripala Sirisena in a controversial move, resigned on Saturday as two...
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Lanka SC upholds restraining court order against Rajapaksa from acting as PM
Colombo | Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court on Friday upheld a court order restraining Mahinda Rajapaksa from holding the office of Prime Minister until it fully heard...
Dissolution of Parliament by President ‘unconstitutional’, rules Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court
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Colombo | Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court Thursday unanimously ruled that the dissolution of Parliament by Maithripala Sirisena was “unconstitutional”, in a major setback to the President...
Sri Lanka Supreme Court overturns sacking of parliament: Reports
Colombo | The Sri Lankan Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned President Maithripala Sirisena’s decision to suspend the parliament, reports said. Earlier on Monday Sri Lanka’s main...
Sri Lanka president dissolves parliament, fresh polls to be held on January 5
Colombo | Sri Lanka’s political crisis deepened Friday as President Maithripala Sirisena dissolved Parliament and announced snap polls on January 5 after it became evident that...
Tamil prisoners may be released to tilt scales in favour of Mahinda Rajapaksa
Colombo | Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa’s legislator son Namal on Sunday indicated that the long held demand of the Tamil minority community to release all...
Sri Lanka braces for protest over Prime Minister’s sacking
Colombo| Sri Lanka on Tuesday braced for a protest called by ousted prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s party against what it said was a “coup” by President...