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On whose authority you continue acting as PM, asks Sri Lankan court to newly inducted PM

A bitter question has been triggered by the Sri Lankan court today at Mahinda Rajapaksa, who was inducted in the Prime Ministerial post by President Maithripala Sirisena forcefully and undemocratically removing Ranil Wickremesinghe: on...

Sri Lanka Crisis: Ousted PM’s faction wins control of a key panel in Parliament

The faction of the ousted Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Ranil Wickeremesinghe, has won control of a key panel in the country parliament, putting President Maithripala Sirisena and the PM that he recently appointed,...

Sri Lankan SC declines to accept snap election and parliament dissolution; President faces a serious setback

The president of the Indian Ocean Island Country of Sri Lanka, Maithripala Sirisena, has faced a serious political setback, as the country’s top court has stayed the president’s decision to dissolve the parliament and...

Sri Lanka crisis: Parliament suspension gives enough time for newly appoint PM for negotiation

While the Island country of Sri Lanka is struggling to recover from the political crisis inflicted by President Maithripala Sirisena’s decision to replace Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe with former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, an allegation...