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Wickremesinghe's supporters win control of key Lankan Parliament committee
Updated : 7 years, 3 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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Need electronic voting in Parliament: Prez Sirisena
Updated : 7 years, 3 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, 3 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, 3 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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SL: Letter to Sirsena to seal Rajapaksa's ousting
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo (Sri Lanka), Nov 14 (ANI): After the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka interfered with the government on Tuesday by issuing an interim order staying the proclamation issued by President Maithripala Sirisena to dissolve the country's Parliament, Speaker of the Sri Lankan Parliament Karu Jaya
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Sri Lanka SC stays Sirisena's proclamation to dissolve Parliament
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo (Sri Lanka), Nov 13 (ANI): The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka on Tuesday issued an interim order staying the proclamation issued by President Maithripala Sirisena to dissolve the country's Parliament.
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Sri Lanka: SC to decide snap poll legality today
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 13 (ANI): Sri Lanka's Supreme Court will deliver its verdict on the legality of the January 5, 2019 snap polls announced by President Maithripala Sirisena on Tuesday, after 13 fundamental rights petitions were filed against the dissolution of the Parliament.
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Sri Lanka: Rajapaksa leaves Sirisena's party, joins SLPP
Updated : 7 years, 4 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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Sri Lanka to hold general elections on Jan 5
Updated : 7 years, 4 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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Sirisena dissolves Sri Lankan Parliament, UNP cries foul
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 9 (ANI): Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena dissolved the Parliament on Friday night after days of political unrest in the Asian island-nation according to Sri Lanka's national broadcaster.
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Sri Lankan Parliament to reconvene on Nov 14: Sirisena
Updated : 7 years, 4 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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Massive protest in Sri Lanka over Wickremesinghe's sacking
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Oct 30 (ANI): Hundreds of people on Tuesday took to the streets of Colombo to protest against President Maithripala Sirisena's decision of sacking Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and demanded the reconvening of the parliament to end the constitutional crisis in the i
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