Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa will not resign. The decision was taken at an emergency cabinet meeting. Meanwhile, all the ministers resigned. The ministers handed over a letter to Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa. The Prime Minister will hold talks with the President. Sri Lanka is in the Continue Reading
Ousted Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is set to come back as the Prime Minister in the country, which fell into a serious political crisis recently because of the unjustifiable way Mr Wickremesinghe was removed from the post by President Maithripala Sirisena. The appointment of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa as the PM invited huge […]Continue Reading
The President of the Island country of Sri Lanka, Maithripala Sirisena, has dissolved its parliament as the new Prime Minister, Mahinda Rajapaksa, he appointed recently ousting Ranil Wickremesinghe from the post has confessed openly that he could not prove his majority in the parliament. The Sri Lankan President’s move to replace a respected PM with […]Continue Reading
The Sri Lankan president has decided to revoke his decision to suspend the proceedings of the parliament till November 12 and expressed its willing to organise a parliament session as early as November 5. The proposed parliament session will be a crucial one, as the newly appointed Prime Minister will have to prove his majority […]Continue Reading
Serious political turmoil has broke out in the South Asian Island country of Sri Lanka, as the country’s president, Maithripala Sirisena, has (most probably, unconstitutionally) removed Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe and appointed former strongman Mahinda Rajapaksa as the new PM of the country. The move has come as the coalition formed to end the triumph […]Continue Reading
Sri Lanka expelled the Colombo station chief of India’s spy agency in the run-up to this month’s presidential election, political and intelligence sources said, accusing him of helping the opposition oust President Mahinda Rajapaksa.An Indian foreign ministry spokesman denied any expulsion and said that transfers were routine decisions. Rajapaksa, voted out of Continue Reading