The SLFP Central Committee met at President’s official residence in Colombo and all SLFP ministers decided to boycott the Cabinet meeting called by the...
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21st Nov 2024 | Updated at 10:49am 21st Nov 2024
Gotabaya Rajapaksa calls for constitutional changes to curb minority parties
- 08 Jan 2020
Sri Lanka’s new president endorsed amending the constitution to reduce the power of minority political parties, saying the country wasn’t suited to a system that creates unstable governments “constantly under the influence of extremism”.
Trouble brewing in post-election Sri Lanka
- 11 Dec 2019
Weeks after the election of hardliner Gotabaya Rajapaksa as the president of Sri Lanka, the prospects for justice and reconciliation between the different communities on the island lie in tatters.
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe last week survived a no confidence vote in parliament after a majority of legislators voted to support his...
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena’s party on Tuesday formally informed embattled Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe that it will support a no-confidence...
A controversial Sri Lankan opposition legislator said US authorities prevented him from taking a flight to Texas from Moscow where he was an observer for...
- 21 Mar 2018
A senior diplomat said that Maldives President Abdulla Yameen will lift a 45-day state of emergency on Thursday and the government will bring bribery charges...
Sri lanka President Maithripala Sirisena told the members of Sri Lanka Freedom Party and United Peoples' Freedom Alliance members to set an example to the public with their conduct and behaviour to create a political culture with a high standard...
Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena on Sunday lifted a nationwide state of emergency imposed on March 6 for the first time since the civil war following...
A state of emergency has been declared in Sri Lanka for 10 days on Tuesday to stop the spread of communal violence, a government spokesman said, after...
In a new initiative, United States and Colombo signed an agreement to re-establish a Peace Corps programme in Sri Lanka
- 28 Feb 2018
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena reshuffled the cabinet for the second time since forming a unity government in 2015 after its two main coalition...
