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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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UN Secretary-General expresses concern over Sri Lankan political crisis
Updated : 7 years, 4 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, 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 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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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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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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Sri Lanka Parliament to be reconvened on Nov 5: Rajapaksa
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 1 (ANI): The newly-elected Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa announced that the country's Parliament will be reconvened on November 5.
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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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Newly appointed Sri Lankan cabinet sworn in
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Oct 30 (ANI): Newly-appointed Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse's cabinet was on Monday sworn in amid increasing pressure on President Maithripala Sirisena to convene an early session of the Parliament.
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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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Wickremesinghe violated principles of good governance: Sirisena
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Oct 28 (ANI): Defending his decision to oust Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Sunday claimed that the former's political conduct was unbecoming of civilised politics, as he grossly violated the principles of good govern
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