His remarks came after Sri Lanka's Supreme Court Thursday unanimously ruled that the dissolution of Parliament by Sirisena was "illegal".

The Appeal Court issued notice and an interim order against Rajapaksa and his Government, preventing them from acting as Prime Minister, Ca...

China had hoped to expand its influence with Rajapaksa as PM and was the only country to welcome President Maithripala Sirisena’s move to n...

A majority of the 225-member assembly supported the no-confidence motion against Rajapaksa, who was appointed by President Sirisena as prim...

Rajapaksa’s return could mean China regaining as much influence as enjoyed when he was the President for a decade.

Under the 19th Amednement adopted in 2015, the president no longer has the power to remove the prime minister at his discretion.

The political and constitutional crisis in Sri Lanka is unlikely to end any time soon.

Sirisena's move is seen as an effort to allow former strongman Mahinda Rajapaksa to buy more time to seek majority in parliament.

Early this month, Sirisena was forced to face a vote of no confidence in Parliament moved by the Joint Opposition which has the backing of ...

The ministers, who were from the Sirisena-led ruling Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), sent in their resignations after Prime Minister Ranil ...

"Both me and the Prime Minister are not expecting to have an easy time in the government. We are here for a difficult job," Sirisena said.

The Cabinet of Sri Lanka's first ever national unity government led by Premier Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in today with rival party min...

The 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...

Mangala Samaraweera was today sworn in as Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister for the third time in a simple ceremony by President Maithripala Sir...

Sirisena has disbanded the Presidential Security Division following reports that it was linked to murders during the Rajapaksa regime.

Maithripala Sirisena is expected to brief the Indian leadership on the conciliatory steps taken by his government for the Tamil minority co...

Sirisena had received overwhelming support from Tamil and Muslim minorities in his victory over the formidable Mahinda Rajapaksa, the forme...