Sri Lanka President calls third vote on no-confidence motion against installed PM Rajapaksa
Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena on Sunday asked an all-party meeting to hold a third vote on a no-confidence motionContinue Reading
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Sri Lanka President set to meet party leaders tomorrow
SriLanka President Maithripala Sirisena has called for a conference of all parties represented in Parliament tomorrow at 5 pm atContinue Reading
#SriLanka Supreme Court issues stay order on dissolution of Parliament, Speaker to announce decision on reconvening #lka
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 President Says Parliament Sacked To “Prevent Civil Unrest”
Sri Lanka’s president on Sunday defended his controversial sacking of parliament, saying violent clashes among rival MPs could have ledContinue Reading
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
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 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
Qatar denies meddling in Bahrain affairs over spy case
Doha (AFP) – Qatar denied Monday accusations it interfered in Bahrain’s internal affairs after a Manama court sentenced the headContinue 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
