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Sri Lanka: 35 including President's brother Chamal Rajapksa sworn in as mi
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 27 (ANI): As many as 35 Ministers of State and three deputy ministers were sworn-in in the presence of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa here on Wednesday.
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Sri Lanka president appoints 16 member interim cabinet
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 22 (ANI): Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Friday appointed the interim cabinet of the caretaker government that will remain in place till the next General election and gave important portfolios to his two brothers--Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and Cha
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Rajapaksa resigns, Wickremesinghe to take oath tomorrow
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Dec 15 (ANI): Former Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, who was appointed by President Maithripala Sirisena on October 26 after ousting Ranil Wickremesinghe has resigned from his post.
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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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Sri Lanka MPs spray chili powder, hurl chairs inside Parliament
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo (Sri Lanka), Nov 16 (ANI): Sri Lankan Parliament continued to remain disrupted for the second day on Friday, with legislators supporting the disputed prime minister, Mahinda Rajapaksa, hurling chairs at police officers and throwing chilli powder at the leaders of opposing parties.
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Ruckus in Sri Lanka Parliament over Rajapaksa's ouster
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 15 (ANI): In an unsual turn of events, Sri Lankan Parliament on Thursday witnessed a huge ruckus as members got into fistfights, hurled objects at each and even tried to attack Speaker Karu Jayasuriya following the ouster of newly-sworn in Prime Minister Mahinda R
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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: No-confidence motion against PM Rajapaksa passed
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 14 (ANI): The Sri Lankan Parliament on Wednesday passed a no-confidence motion against the government of the newly-sworn Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa.
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Sri Lanka: Previous Parliamentary status enforced until Rajapaksa proves m
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 5 (ANI): Speaker of the Sri Lankan Parliament Karu Jayasuriya on Monday said that he was "compelled to accept status that existed previously" in the legislative body until a clear majority was proved by Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa.
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Lanka: Tamil National Alliance to support no-trust motion against Rajapaks
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 4 (ANI): The Tamil National Alliance (TNA), a political alliance in Sri Lanka that represents the country's Tamil minority, has decided to back the no-confidence motion brought by the United National Party against newly sworn-in Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa.
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Newly-appointed Sri Lankan PM calls for Provincial Council polls
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Oct 28 (ANI): Amid political turmoil brewing in Sri Lanka, newly-appointed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has called for Provincial Councils elections and Parliamentary election at the earliest.
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