Sri Lankan Parliament sacking illegal: Supreme Court
Colombo, Dec 13 (IANS) The Sri Lankan Supreme Court on Thursday ruled as “unconstitutional” President Maithripala Sirisena’s decision to dissolve Parliament and conduct a snap …
Legal challenge filed against ousted Sri Lankan PM
Colombo, Dec 11 (IANS) A local Sri Lankan Municipal Councillor on Tuesday filed a petition in the Court of Appeal against ousted Prime Minister Ranil …
Sri Lankan crisis will be solved in a week: Sirisena
Colombo, Dec 5 (IANS) Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena said on Wednesday that the political crisis in the island country will be resolved in seven …
Rajapaksa can’t take decisions as Sri Lankan PM: Court
Colombo, Dec 3 (IANS) A Sri Lankan court on Monday issued an interim order restraining former strongman Mahinda Rajapaksa and members of his purported government …
Rajapaksa can’t take actions as Sri Lankan PM: Court
Colombo, Dec 3 (IANS) The Court of Appeal in Sri Lanka on Monday issued an interim order restraining former strongman Mahinda Rajapaksa and members of …
Sri Lankan Parliament votes to cut finances to ministries
Colombo, Nov 30 (IANS) A majority of Sri Lankan legislators on Friday voted in favour of a parliamentary motion to halt finances to former President …
Sri Lankan Parliament votes to cut finances to PM’s office
Colombo, Nov 29 (IANS) A majority of Sri Lankan legislators on Thursday voted in favour of a special motion presented to Parliament to halt the …
Sri Lankan political crisis continues
Colombo, Nov 27 (IANS) Sri Lanka’s political crisis entered its second month on Tuesday with legislators loyal to former President Mahinda Rajapaksa boycotting parliamentary sessions …
Sri Lankan MPs file legal challenge against Rajapaksa
Colombo, Nov 26 (IANS) Sri Lanka’s Court of Appeal on Monday accepted a legal challenge against newly appointed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and his cabinet, …
Chaos, brawls in Sri Lankan parliament over divisive no-confidence vote
Colombo, Nov 16 (IANS) Brewing tensions in Sri Lanka’s Parliament over a no-confidence motion against the country’s newly appointed prime minister boiled over to an …
Sri Lankan lawmakers fight in Parliament amid crisis
Colombo, Nov 15 (IANS) Sri Lankan lawmakers scuffled in Parliament on Thursday, a day after a no-confidence motion was passed against now disputed Prime Minister …
Sri Lankan Parliament passes no-trust vote against Rajapaksa
Colombo, Nov 14 (IANS) Sri Lanka’s Parliament on Wednesday passed a motion of no-confidence against new Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and his controversially appointed government, …
Sri Lankan parties file petitions against Parliament dissolution
Colombo, Nov 12 (IANS) Sri Lanka’s main political parties filed petitions in the Supreme Court on Monday challenging President Maithripala Sirisena’s dissolution of Parliament. The …
TN leaders condemn Sri Lankan parliament’s dissolution
Chennai, Nov 10 (IANS) Tamil Nadu political leaders on Saturday condemned the dissolution of Sri Lanka’s parliament by President Maithripala Sirisena and urged the Centre …
Sri Lankan President sets Jan 5 for parliamentary polls
Colombo, Nov 10 (IANS) Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has signed a special gazette notification dissolving parliament and declaring January 5, 2019, as the date …
Sri Lankan President dissolves parliament amid political row
Colombo, Nov 9 (IANS) Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena dissolved Parliament late on Friday amid a political crisis that erupted in the island nation since …
Sri Lankan sacked PM ‘confident’ of Parliament support
Colombo, Nov 1 (IANS) Sri Lanka’s sacked Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Thursday said he had the support of Parliament as the island nation grappled …
Sri Lankan President to convene Parliament on Nov 5
Colombo, Nov 1 (IANS) Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has decided to convene Parliament on November 5 to settle the ongoing political crisis, Prime Minister …
Sri Lankan Speaker urges Sirisena to convene Parliament
Colombo, Oct 30 (IANS) Sri Lanka’s Speaker of Parliament Karu Jayasuriya on Tuesday urged President Maithripala Sirisena to convene Parliament immediately to resolve the political …
Former Sri Lankan Minister Arjuna Ranatunga arrested over violent clash
Colombo, Oct 29 (IANS) Former Sri Lankan Petroleum Minister Arjuna Ranatunga – and the country’s former cricket captain – was arrested by the police on …
Sri Lankan PM secures majority in Parliament: Party
Colombo, Oct 27 (IANS) Sri Lanka’s newly-appointed Prime Minister, Mahinda Rajapaksa, has secured a majority in the island’s 225-member Parliament and will continue to retain …
Sri Lankan President suspends Parliament amidst political crisis
Colombo, Oct 27 (IANS) Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Saturday suspended Parliament till November amid a political crisis which erupted after he sacked Prime …
Sri Lankan turmoil cause of concern for TN fishermen: Stalin
Chennai, Oct 27 (IANS) DMK chief M.K. Stalin on Saturday said the political developments in Sri Lanka is a cause of concern not only for …
Sri Lankan President prorogues Parliament
Colombo, Oct 27 (IANS) Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena prorogued Parliament on Saturday, a day after he sacked Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and replaced him …
Former Sri Lankan President sworn in as new PM
Colombo, Oct 26 (IANS) Former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa was sworn in as the new Prime Minister at the Presidential Secretariat here on Friday, …
Delectable Sri Lankan food on offer in Gurugram (Foodie Trail – Gurugram)
Gurugram, Oct 25 (IANS) With influences from the Dutch, Portugal, English and South Indian cuisines, food from the beautiful Island country of Sri Lanka is …
Sri Lankan spinner Herath to retire after first England Test
Colombo, Oct 22 (IANS) Sri Lanka’s Rangana Herath, the most successful left-arm bowler in Test history, has announced his retirement after the first Test against …
UN orders withdrawal of Sri Lankan peacekeeper accused of anti-Tamil atrocities
United Nations, Oct 20 (IANS) The commander of the Sri Lankan contingent in the UN peacekeeping operations in Mali has been ordered back home after …
Rahul, Sonia meet Sri Lankan PM
New Delhi Oct 19 (IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday held talks with …
Sri Lankan PM leaves for India
Colombo, Oct 18 (IANS) Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Thursday left for India on a three-day official visit, his office said in a …
Sri Lankan President calls Modi, rejects assassination attempt reports
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Wednesday rejected media reports alleging an Indian hand in a plot to assassinate him …
Ex-Sri Lankan Minister arrested for pro-Tamil Tiger comment
Colombo, Oct 8 (IANS) A former Sri Lankan Minister was arrested on Monday for calling for the return of the Tamil Tigers, a guerrilla group …
4 killed in Sri Lankan storm
Colombo, Oct 8 (IANS) At least four persons were killed and over 10,000 affected as heavy rains and strong winds lashed Sri Lanka over the …
Sri Lankan President to visit Seychelles
Colombo, Oct 4 (IANS) Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena will undertake his first state visit to Seychelles next week to strengthen diplomatic and tourism ties …
Sri Lankan asylum seekers forcibly deported from Australia
Canberra, Sep 11 (IANS) At least a dozen Sri Lankan asylum seekers were on Tuesday forcibly deported by Australian authorities back to the island nation, …
Issues of ethnic Tamils raised in Sri Lankan MPs meeting with Modi
New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) Issues related to Tamils in Sri Lanka, including the urgent need for devolution of powers to the ethnic minority, came …
Sri Lankan delegation to meet Kovind, Modi
New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) An eight-member Sri Lankan Parliamentary delegation led by Speaker Karu Jayasuriya is here on a three-day trip at the invitation …
Sri Lankan officials to be armed to protect elephants
Colombo, Sep 3 (IANS) Wildlife officials in Sri Lanka will soon be armed with assault rifles to protect elephants from poachers and to save human …
Sri Lankan man charged with terror document in Sydney
Sydney, Aug 31 (IANS) A Sri Lankan man was refused bail by a Sydney court on Friday, after being charged with a terrorism related offence. …
Sri Lankan President congratulates Imran Khan
Colombo, Aug 18 (IANS) Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Saturday congratulated Imran Khan, who was sworn in as Pakistan’s new Prime Minister in Islamabad. …
Pakistani, Lankan Ministers meet Sushma to condole Vajpayee’s death
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) Pakistani and Sri Lankan Ministers on Friday met External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj here after Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s cremation and …