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Sri Lanka ruling party dissidents brief India on political impasseSri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), one of the ruling Sri Lanka People's Party (SLPP) constituent parties, briefed Baglay here on Thursday, on ...- India hopes new Lankan dispensation to safeguard its strategic interestsChina’s strategic moves in Sri Lanka during the term of the Rajapaksa regime were closely monitored by India. Later, under the Sirisena gov...
- Sri Lanka to put in place national govt next week to address foreign debtLeader of the Lankan Parliament and minister Laxman Kiriella has informed that the resolution will come up for voting next Thursday.
- Six Sri Lankan ministers quit Sirisena-led unity govtThe ministers, who were from the Sirisena-led ruling Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), sent in their resignations after Prime Minister Ranil ...
- Sri Lanka parliament to debate political crisisFormer president Rajapaksa's new party Sri Lanka People's Party (SLPP) defeated Sirisena's Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and the United Na...
- Mahinda Rajapaksa blames Sri Lanka president for breakdown of party unity talksFormer Sri Lankan leader Mahinda Rajapaksa, who leads a rival faction of the ruling SLFP, has blamed his successor President Maithripala Si...
- Mahinda Rajapaksa hits back at Chandrika Kumaratunga's remarks in Indian mediaFormer Sri Lankan president Rajapaksa has hit back at predecessor Kumaratunga for carrying out a personal attack on him through Indian medi...
- Lanka's main Tamil party TNA presses for Opposition status in ParliamentSri Lanka's main Tamil party TNA has staked claim for the status of main Opposition in the parliament, following an arrangement between the...
- Sri Lanka Cabinet formation further delayedThe election was held nearly two weeks ago in which the United National Party (UNP) failed to win the absolute majority of 113 seats in 225...
- Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena opts for national unity governmentThis would enable the UNP's broader front - the United National Front for Good Governance - to form a government with a working majority.
- Maithripala Sirisena should respect public mandate: Mahinda RajapaksaRajapaksa said Sirisena should respect public mandate, a day after the SLFP chief vowed not to make him PM even if his coalition wins the p...
- Will not appoint Rajapaksa PM even if party wins: Sri Lankan President Maithripala SirisenaMaithripala Sirisena said he allowed Mahinda Rajapaksa to contest parliamentary polls for the fear of a split in party but vowed not to mak...
- Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena sacks his supporters from partySirisena sacked five top leaders including ex-cricketer Arjuna Ranatunga, who had backed him in his campaign to defeat Mahinda Rajapaksa in...
- Sri Lankan ruling party refuses to make Rajapaksa PM candidateRajapaksa will not be given party ticket from either the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) or its broader United People's Freedom Alliance (UP...
- SLFP sets up panel to resume talks with RajapaksaChief Opposition Whip MP John Seneviratne will lead the six-member committee to resume the stalled dialogue with Rajapaksa in order to unit...
- Four ministers of Sri Lanka Freedom Party quit Maithripala Sirisena's governmentThe four SLFP leaders accused Wickremesinghe of political high-handedness and alleged that President Sirisena has no voice in the governmen...
- Mahinda Rajapaksa loyalists seek ouster of Sri Lankan Opposition leader Nimal Siripala de SilvaNimal Siripala de Silva is the current leader of Opposition. Gunawardena has led a nation-wide to bring Rajapaksa back to politics.
- Lanka president Maithripala Sirisena slammed for nod to Tamil version of national anthemHowever, former languages minister Vasudeva Nanayakkara said there was no harm to allow a Tamil version of the national anthem.
- Sri Lanka's interim budget passed with crushing majorityInterim budget, overseen by Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, was passed with 163 votes for 1 against in the 22...
- Mahinda Rajapaksa agrees to step down as party bossAfter winning the election, Sirisena claimed the party leadership even as Rajapaksa's loyalists initially refused to back him, threatening ...
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