Geopolitics

I respect parliamentary tradition: Sri Lankan President Sirisena

Colombo: Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena, who had to eat his words and reappoint Ranil Wickremesinghe as the country's Prime Minister, says he administered the PM's oath last Sunday because of his respect for the parliamentary tradition. more

Sri Lanka: PM Rajapaksa to step down, says son

Colombo: Sri Lanka Prime Minister Mahindra Rajapaksa will step down on Saturday, said his son Namal Rajapaksa, in what is the latest development in the island nation's turbulent polit ...

Sri Lanka: Parliament demands sacked PM be reinstated

Colombo: Sri Lanka's Parliament on Wednesday showed confidence in Ranil Wickremesinghe's leadership and sought his reinstatement as Prime Minister, weeks after he was sacked by Pr ...

Political crisis in Sri Lanka: Parliament foils President Sirisena's undemocratic move

Colombo: An undemocratic move by Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena last month, when he fired Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and named Mahinda Rajapaksa to the job, finally ba ...

Ex-Lanka president Rajapaksa's Pakistan visit sounds like a plan: analysts

Colombo, June 26 (Just Earth News) Former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa was touring Pakistan from June 19-23 but geopolitical analysts in the subcontinent said his visit was cloude ...

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