Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed President Maithripala Sirisena’s decision to dissolve parliament until next month in a furtherContinue Reading
Sri Lanka’s president on Sunday defended his controversial sacking of parliament, saying violent clashes among rival MPs could have ledContinue Reading
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Sri Lanka’s parliamentary Speaker Sunday, November 11, accused President Maithripala Sirisena of “usurping” the rights of legislators andContinue Reading
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
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said he is willing to work with President Maithripala Sirisena, who abruptly sacked himContinue Reading
The Hindu reports that President Maithripala Sirisena on Wednesday reached out to Tamil leaders, apparently seeking their support even asContinue Reading
(Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s parliamentary speaker has called the president’s sacking of the prime minister to bring a former leaderContinue Reading
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — An ethnic minority Tamil party in Sri Lanka said Saturday that it will support a no-confidenceContinue Reading
UNP Parliamentarian Palitha Range Bandara addressing a press conference at Temple Trees on the alleged attempts to bribe him, playsContinue Reading
COLOMBO (Reuters) – A Sri Lankan legislator on Friday said he had been offered $2.8 million and a ministerial post byContinue Reading
