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Lanka Parliament convenes 1st time after PM Wickremesinghe's reinstatement

Reinstatement of Ranil Wickremesinghe as prime minister ended the 51-day political standoff in the country

Sri Lanka crisis: Ranil Wickremesinghe to take oath as PM on Sunday

Ranil Wickremesinghe is all set to regain his Prime Ministerial powers and will be taking oath on Sunday, a senior minister from the United National Party (UNP) confirmed on Friday.The UNP minister also said President Maithripala Sirisena has settled for the decision to announce Wickremesinghe as the new Prime Minister of the island nation, Colombo Page reported.The decision to reinstate Wickremesinghe was reportedly taken after a meeting held by Sirisena with Speaker Karu Jayasuriya and Wickremesinghe on Thursday.Meanwhile, Mahinda Rajapaksa's son Namal confirmed on Friday that the former President would step down as the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka "to ensure the stability of the nation"."To ensure stability of the nation, Former President @PresRajapaksa has decided to resign from the Premiership tomorrow after an address to the nation. The SLPP with Frm President, SLFP & others will now work to form a broader political coalition with President Sirisena," Namal had ...

Dissolution of Sri Lankan Parliament by President 'unconstitutional': SC

The apex court's decision has come as a serious blow to Sirisena after he had failed in his attempt to see Rajapaksa gaining majority in the assembly to oust Wickremesinghe

Sri Lanka court temporarily bars Rajapaksa from acting as prime minister

Lanka is witnessing a political crisis since October 26 when President Sirisena sacked Wickeremesinghe and replaced him with Rajapaksa

Failing to prove his majority twice, Rajapaksa calls for fresh Lanka polls

In a statement, Rajapaksa slammed Wickremesinghe's UNP of feeling shy of contesting a fresh poll

Amid political crisis, Sri Lanka's largest party flags risk of debt default

The political unrest also saw the IMF suspend a tranche of a $1.5-bn bailout loan agreed to in 2016

Sirisena's all-party meeting ends with no hope for Lanka's political crisis

Sri Lanka tumbled into a constitutional crisis after President Sirisena ousted then-Prime Minister Wickremesinghe and named Rajapaksa as the Prime Minister

Sri Lankan Prez Sirisena seeks talks with leaders to end political turmoil

President Sirisena will chair a meeting of representatives of political parties in parliament today, his office said

Fearing crackdown, Sri Lankan party asks Facebook to protect supporters

Wickremesinghe's United National Party wrote to Facebook asking it not to cooperate with Rajapakse's administration

Sri Lanka's Parliament passes no-confidence vote against PM Rajapaksa

Parliament Speaker Karu Jayasuriya announced that a majority of the 225-member assembly supported the no-confidence motion against Rajapaksa

Lanka SC suspends dissolution of Parliament, overturns President's decision

The political turmoil escalated in the island nation when Sirisena dissolved Parliament on Friday and called for a snap parliamentary election on January 5

Sri Lanka enthralls with superb roads, friendly people and gorgeous food

Not far from Hikkaduwa is the fort city of Galle, built by the Portuguese in the 16th century and later taken over by the Dutch

A system built to suspect minorities? Lankan student's arrest suggests so

Nizamdeen was charged with making a document connected to the preparation of a terrorist act

How China's debt diplomacy, India's influence are roiling Lanka's politics

The big fear for India is that Sri Lanka, just off its southern coast and on one of the world's busiest shipping routes, could become a Chinese military outpost

Sri Lanka Assembly Speaker presses for floor test to end political crisis

The Speaker's remarks came two days after he slammed President Maithripala Sirisena, saying it was "anti-democratic" to sack Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and suspend the Parliament

Sri Lanka political crisis: How citizens are 'taking a stand' for democracy

Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of the capital Colombo to question the constitutional legitimacy of the president's decision and demand the parliament be reconvened to settle the mat

Eyeing minority legislators' support, Rajapaksa may release Tamil prisoners

The main Tamil party has said it will support a no-trust motion Rajapaksa, amid mounting pressure on President Sirisena to let the suspended parliament hold a vote to end the ongoing political crisis

Sri Lanka crisis: Main Tamil party to vote against Mahinda Rajapaksa

Wickremesinghe's United National Party said they have handed over a motion of no-confidence against Rajapaksa

Amid political turmoil, Sri Lanka risks duty-free trade access to EU

The EU is worried the return of Mahinda Rajapaksa, as PM, could derail progress made towards national reconciliation following a war with ethnic minority

Sri Lankan Parliament will not be convened before Nov 16: UPFA party leader

Sirisena had suspended Parliament till November 16 after Wickremesinghe sought an emergency session to prove his majority