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Rajapaksa bribed parliamentarians to prove majority: President Sirisena
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Dec 9(ANI): President Maithripala Sirisena here on Saturday said that former President Mahinda Rajapaksa had tried to bribe politicians in order to show majority in the country's Parliament.
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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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Petition against Rajapaksa to be heard on Nov 30
Updated : 7 years, 3 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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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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Amid Sri Lankan political turmoil, UNP to 'fast until death'
Updated : 7 years, 3 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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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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Democracy in tatters, Sirisena pushes Lanka into deep political crisis
Updated : 7 years, 3 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 MPs spray chili powder, hurl chairs inside Parliament
Updated : 7 years, 3 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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Sri Lanka: UNP holds protest against political crisis
Updated : 7 years, 3 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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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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