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Sri Lanka: Court issues interim order against Rajapaksa
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Dec 3(ANI): A Sri Lankan court here on Monday issued an interim order barring the functioning of the respondents as Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, Cabinet ministers, deputy ministers and state ministers, reported the Daily Mirror.
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Sri Lanka: Rajapaksa calls for fresh elections
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Dec 3 (ANI): Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa here on Sunday said that it is imperative to conduct general elections in the country in order to restore democracy and put an end to the ongoing political crisis.
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Wickremesinghe proposes all-party meet to decide Sri Lankan poll
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 27 (ANI): Ousted Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Monday suggested an all-party meeting to decide holding fresh elections.
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Petition against Rajapaksa to be heard on Nov 30
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 26 (ANI): The petition challenging Mahinda Rajapaksa's premiership of Sri Lanka will be heard in the Appeal Court on November 30.
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Sri Lanka Cricket appoints Ashantha de Mel as head of new selection panel
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 26 (ANI): Former Sri Lanka bowler Ashantha de Mel has been appointed as the head of Sri Lanka's new selection panel by Sri Lanka Cricket.
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Sri Lanka: Sirisena vows not to appoint Wickremesinghe as PM again
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 26(ANI): President Maithripala Sirisena on Sunday asserted that he will not appoint Ranil Wickremesinghe as Prime Minister again.
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Wickremesinghe's supporters win control of key Lankan Parliament committee
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 23 (ANI): Lawmakers supporting sacked Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe have taken control of Sri Lanka Parliament's main committee on Friday, in a major setback for President Maithripala Sirisena and his prime ministerial appointee Mahinda Rajapaksa.
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Amid Sri Lankan political turmoil, UNP to 'fast until death'
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka] Nov 21 (ANI): United National Party (UNP) General Secretary Akila Viraj Kariyawasam informed that the party will be holding a series of protests and fasts until death in order to express their disapproval against what it called an "unconstitutional instate of a new govern
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Need electronic voting in Parliament: Prez Sirisena
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo (Sri Lanka), Nov 19 (ANI): President Maithripala Sirisena on Monday said that the Parliament should go for a division by name or ectronic voting to resolve the ongoing political crisis in the island nation.
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Sri Lanka: All-party meeting ends with no solution for political crisis
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 19 (ANI): The all-party meeting called by Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Sunday ended with no solution for the ongoing political crisis in the island nation.
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All you need to know about Sri Lanka's escalating political turmoil
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 17 (ANI): Sri Lanka has been reeling from a turbulent political crisis for almost a month, when President Maithripala Sirisena on October 26 abruptly sacked then-Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and installed the now-ousted Mahinda Rajapaksa, the country's form
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Democracy in tatters, Sirisena pushes Lanka into deep political crisis
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo (Sri Lanka), Nov 16 (ANI): With the political situation highly turbulent in Sri Lanka, the parties are now waiting for the Supreme Court's verdict on December 6 to see if the House will be dissolved and Presidential elections will be announced or Ranil Wickremesinghe-led government w
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