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Former Sri Lanka captain Tillakaratne Dilshan joins Rajapakse’s party

File image - Tillakaratne Dilshan raises his bat after helping his team win a match.
Published on Nov 14, 2018 06:18 pm IST

Sri Lanka parliament passes no-confidence motion against Mahinda Rajapaksa

A majority of the 225-member assembly supported a no-confidence motion against Mahinda Rajapakse who was made prime minister on October 26 in place of Ranil Wickremesinghe.
Updated on Nov 14, 2018 12:19 pm IST

As international pressure mounts, Sri Lanka to lift parliament suspension in 10 days

Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena Sunday announced that he would lift the suspension of parliament in 10 days as international pressure mounted on him to open the legislature and resolve a leadership struggle.
Updated on Nov 04, 2018 10:00 pm IST

Sri Lanka Tamils urge president Maithripala Sirisena to reconvene parliament to end political crisis

Sri Lanka's main Tamil party urged the president to reconvene parliament and end a worsening political crisis, as the minority ethnic community emerge as kingmakers in the power struggle.
Updated on Nov 04, 2018 11:47 pm IST

Ousted Sri Lankan PM Ranil Wickremesinghe says time running out to avert ‘bloodbath’

Ranil Wickremesinghe, who has been holed up at the prime minister’s official residence for more than a week as thousands of supporters gather outside, told AFP in an interview that “desperate people” could cause chaos on the Indian Ocean island.
Updated on Nov 03, 2018 10:22 am IST