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Sri Lanka political crisis: Setback for Sirisena as Mahinda Rajapaksa barred from acting as Prime Minister

The island nation is witnessing a political crisis since October 26 when President Sirisena sacked Wickeremesinghe and replaced him with Rajapaksa.

Sri Lanka political crisis: Mahinda Rajapaksa calls for snap polls

In a statement, Rajapaksa cites occasions in the history when Parliament had been dissolved to call parliamentary elections in Sri Lanka to avoid crisis and bring in political stability. 

Sri Lanka Crisis: All-party meeting inconclusive, political stalemate continues

The island nation plunged into a constitutional crisis after President Sirisena ousted Wickremesinghe and named Rajapaksa as the country's Prime Minister. 

Will not recognise Rajapaksa as Lanka PM unless he proves majority in Parliament: Speaker

  The tough statement from Jayasuriya came after Sirisena announced on Sunday that parliament would reconvene on November 14, a week later than he had promised.

Sri Lanka rubbishes report about President Sirisena accusing RAW of plotting his assassination

The media reports came ahead of Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's visit to New Delhi for talks with PM Modi to speed up India-backed projects.

India ready to assist Lanka in any way it desires: PM Modi to Sirisena

Sri Lankan President Sirisena lifts nation-wide emergency imposed after communal riots

In a message on Twitter, Sirisena said: "Upon assessing the public safety situation, I instructed to revoke the State of Emergency from midnight yesterday (Saturday)."

Sirisena sacks members from party's central committee

Colombo: Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena sacked 13 members from his Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) central committee hours after a parliamentary election was concluded on Monday.The move came after speculations that some senior SLFP

Sirisena should respect public mandate: Rajapaksa

Colombo: Former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa today said President Maithripala Sirisena should respect public mandate, a day after the SLFP chief vowed not to make him Prime Minister even if his coalition wins the

Economic ties key pillar of our relationship: PM Modi in Sri Lanka

Colombo: Asserting that economic ties are a key pillar of the relationship between New Delhi and Colombo, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the progress both sides have made reflects the shared commitment for

India, Sri Lanka sign four agreements during PM Modi's visit

Colombo: India and Sri Lanka on Friday signed four agreements during Narendra Modi's maiden visit to the country, the first bilateral tour by an Indian premier in 28 years, with the Prime Minister announcing a

Sri Lanka concerned by China loans, rules out submarine visits

Sri Lanka is concerned with the roughly $5 billion in Chinese loans it has and will send its finance minister to Beijing to discuss the issue, the country's foreign minister said on Saturday.New Sri Lankan

PM Modi to visit Lanka in March, could go to Jaffna

Colombo: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Sri Lanka next month, the first bilateral visit to the country by an Indian premier in over 25 years, and is likely to go to Tamil-dominated Jaffna

Sri Lankan President Sirisena arriving on India visit Feb 15

New Delhi: New Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena will pay a four-day state visit to India from Feb 15 -- his first visit abroad since he won the Jan 8 presidential elections.Sirisena will hold official

Sri Lanka rejects Rajapaksa's revenge allegations

Colombo: The newly-elected Sri Lankan government Thursday refuted allegations of political revenge made by former president Mahinda Rajapaksa.Media Minister Gayantha Karunathillake said the allegations were baseless and that the present government was committed to charging

Indian spy's role alleged in Sri Lankan President's election defeat: Report

New Delhi: As per media reports, Sri Lanka has expelled the Colombo station chief of India's spy agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) for his alleged role in helping the opposition oust the then President