Sri Lanka President usurped powers of MPs – Speaker Karu
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Sri Lanka’s parliamentary Speaker Sunday, November 11, accused President Maithripala Sirisena of “usurping” the rights of legislators andContinue Reading
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Sri Lanka president dissolves parliament, election likely in January 2019
COLOMBO: President Maithripala Sirisena sacked Sri Lanka’s parliament on Friday, hours after his party announced he did not have a majority to get hisContinue Reading
Ousted Sri Lanka PM willing to work with President if majority proven in Parliament
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said he is willing to work with President Maithripala Sirisena, who abruptly sacked himContinue Reading
SriLanka President Sirisena meets Tamil parties in a bid to prove majority
The Hindu reports that President Maithripala Sirisena on Wednesday reached out to Tamil leaders, apparently seeking their support even asContinue Reading
SriLanka Parliament Speaker suffered a ‘coup without guns’
(Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s parliamentary speaker has called the president’s sacking of the prime minister to bring a former leaderContinue Reading
Sri Lanka’s Tamil Party to vote against appointed PM, amid allegations of ‘buying’ law makers
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — An ethnic minority Tamil party in Sri Lanka said Saturday that it will support a no-confidenceContinue Reading
Sri Lanka MP Range Bandara ‘exposes’ recordings including that of SB Dissanayake in alleged bribery to cross over
UNP Parliamentarian Palitha Range Bandara addressing a press conference at Temple Trees on the alleged attempts to bribe him, playsContinue Reading
Sri Lanka MP says telephone caller offered $2.8 million to back new PM
COLOMBO (Reuters) – A Sri Lankan legislator on Friday said he had been offered $2.8 million and a ministerial post byContinue Reading
Sri Lanka Crisis: 1 Country, 2 PMs? Ousted PM’s take on the matter
The PM of Sri Lanka, Ranil Wickeremesinghe, ousted by his own president, President Sirisena. But the ousted PM has refusedContinue Reading
Sri Lanka President reconvene Parliament breaking deadlock
Newly appointed Sri Lanka Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa says President Sirisena has informed him that the Parliament will be reconvenedContinue Reading
