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Rajapaksas officially ditch Wickremesinghe, youngest heir announced as candidate for Lanka presidencyNamal Rajapaksa, 38, has been named the SLPP presidential candidate, ending the Rajapaksa family's support for incumbent Ranil Wickremesing...- Rajapaksas to launch political comeback bid in Sri LankaThe ruling Sri Lanka People's Front of the Rajapaksas, commonly known by its Sinhalese name Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), will hold a...
- Sri Lanka's presidential election first, parliamentary polls later: President WickremesinghePresident Ranil Wickremesinghe confirms the scheduling of the presidential election before the parliamentary election, in line with the Ele...
- Bankrupt Sri Lanka to hold first polls since crisisPresident Ranil Wickremesinghe, who replaced his deposed predecessor Gotabaya Rajapaksa, faces potential embarrassment in the vote, as he w...
- Sri Lanka's Parliament approves emergency regulationsSri Lanka's Parliament on Wednesday approved the state of emergency imposed on July 13 to give the security forces sweeping powers to arres...
- For the first time in 44 years, Sri Lanka's Parliament to directly elect President in three-way contest on WednesdayThe complaint by Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena came hours before Parliament was poised to accept the nominations for the post of preside...
- Three-way fight for Sri Lanka presidency: parliamentThe parliament announced that acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe will face former education minister Dullas Alahapperuma -- who has the ...
- Wickremesinghe, Premadasa among four leaders to contest presidential election in Sri LankaSri Lanka's acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe, main Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa are among the four leaders who have joined the r...
- Sri Lankan Parliament to meet to announce president's vacancyFor the first time since 1978, Sri Lanka will elect the crisis-hit country's next president through a secret vote by the MPs and not throug...
- Three frontrunners in race to become Sri Lanka's next presidentSri Lanka's parliamentary speaker will convene the legislative body after receiving Rajapaksa's official resignation and its 225 members wi...
- Sri Lanka Crisis: End of the political journey of powerful Rajapaksa dynasty?"Gotabaya Rajapaksa may have been the most powerful of the Rajapaksa brothers in terms of popular support and the constitutional capacity h...
- Sri Lankan Cabinet defers 21st Amendment to the Constitution by a weekThe 21st Amendment is expected to annul the 20A to the Constitution which gives unfettered powers to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa after abo...
- Sri Lanka's Rajapaksa-led government emerge stronger after defeat of Opposition candidate in Deputy Speaker electionDespite the SLFP going independent, the ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) decided to back Siyambalapitiya in their bid to show that...
- 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 ...
- After landslide victory, Mahinda Rajapaksa takes oath as Sri Lankan Prime MinisterThe 74-year-old Sri Lanka People's Party (SLPP) leader was administered the oath of office for the ninth Parliament by his younger brother ...
- Lanka's Rajapaksa clan registers landslide win in parliamentary polls; gets two-thirds majoritySri Lanka People's Party (SLPP), led by prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, has won in 145 constituencies, bagging a total of 150 seats with ...
- PM Modi congratulates Sri Lankan counterpart on successfully conducting polls amid CovidHe also appreciated the Sri Lankan people for their enthusiastic participation in the elections, and said this reflected the strong democra...
- 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...
- Religare puts 'buy' on Gujarat Industries Power for target Rs 112Religare Research has lowered the target price of Gujarat Industries Power to Rs 112 from the earlier Rs 123, while maintaining ‘buy’ recom...
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