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Sri Lanka: All-party meeting ends with no solution for political crisis
Updated : 7 years, 7 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, 7 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, 7 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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Sri Lanka: UNP holds protest against political crisis
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 15 (ANI): Members and supporters of United National Party (UNP) on Thursday took to streets in protest as the political and constitutional turmoil grew in Sri Lanka.
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Sri Lanka: Rajapaksa leaves Sirisena's party, joins SLPP
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 11 (ANI): As the political crisis intensifies in Sri Lanka, wartime strongman Mahinda Rajapaksa has exited from President Maithripala Sirisena's Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and joined the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) on Sunday.
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UN Secretary-General expresses concern over Sri Lankan political crisis
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New York City [USA], Nov 11 (ANI): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed concern over the growing constitutional crisis in Sri Lanka and has urged the government to ensure peace and safety of all citizens.
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Sri Lanka to hold general elections on Jan 5
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 10 (ANI): Amid the ongoing political crisis in the country, Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena dissolved the Parliament with effect from Friday midnight and announced that the general elections in the country would be held on January 5, 2019.
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Sri Lankan Parliament to reconvene on Nov 14: Sirisena
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 5 (ANI): Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has announced that the country's Parliament will be reconvened on November 14, amid rising demands by legislators of the state to end the mounting political crisis in the island nation.
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Moody's expresses concern on Sri Lanka crisis
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 29 (ANI): Credit rating agency Moody's on Monday asserted that the ongoing political crisis in Sri Lanka is credit negative for the sovereign and the sudden appointment of the new Prime minister had heightened the policy uncertainty.
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Voting begins in high-stakes Maldives elections
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Male [Maldives], Sep 23 (ANI): Voting officially began in the Maldives amid fear of rigging and violence by the country's opposition parties and international monitor groups to sway the results in favour of incumbent President Abdulla Yameen.
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AIADMK MLAs disqualification case: Political crisis looms over Tamil Nadu
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Jun 14 (ANI): An uneasy political atmosphere prevails in Tamil Nadu, as the Madras High Court is likely to pronounce its verdict on a case related to the disqualification of 18 dissident All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) MLAs.
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Maldivian President lifts emergency after 45 days
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Male [Maldives], Mar 22 (ANI): Maldives President Abdulla Yameen on Thursday lifted a 45-day state of emergency which had outlawed protests amid a political crisis in the country.
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