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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

Holed up in Colombo mansion, ousted PM Wickremesinghe vows to fight

Wickremesinghe, who steered the economy and regularly travelled overseas as Sri Lanka's face to the world, described the political chaos unfolding around him as 'not one, but many steps back'

Sri Lanka crisis: President Sirisena lifts suspension of parliament

President Sirisena replaced Wickremesinghe with former president Mahinda Rajapaksa in a dramatic turn of events last Friday

US asks Lanka to follow constitutional process to determine its leadership

Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena replaced Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe with former president Mahinda Rajapaksa in a dramatic turn of events

Early polls vs President's impeachment: How to solve the Sri Lanka crisis

In a letter to President Sirisena, speaker Karu Jayasuriya indicated that he believed that Wickremesinghe still has the confidence of parliament

Lanka crisis shows that democracies won't swing into India or China camps

Sri Lanka has barely emerged from a decades-long civil war; it is not ready to become another front in an India-China cold war for control of the Indian Ocean

Sri Lankan political crisis could lead to bloodbath, says speaker

Rajapaksa assumed the duties in the prime minister's secretariat which was not used by the ousted prime minister Wickremesinghe

What Sri Lankan constitution says about President's power to sack PM

The prime minister can only be dismissed if the Cabinet of ministers is dismissed, the prime minister resigns or the prime minister ceases to be a member of parliament