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Image: Protester holding a placard against the dissolution of the parliament by Sirisena. Sri Lanka was for long a bastion of Western culture in social...

Image: Sri Lanka parliament 15th Nov 2018.  COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka appeared to have ground to a political halt on Thursday with the Speaker...

The following is the verdict issued by the Supreme Court on the parliament dissolution gazette when the hearing was taken up before courts yesterday...

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s parliament speaker Karu Jayasuriya said 122 lawmakers in the 225-seat assembly had signed a letter saying they opposed the appointment...

AFP – Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court on Tuesday overruled President Maithripala Sirisena’s dissolution of parliament and ordered a halt to preparations for snap elections...

Constitution a counter-majoritarian document . Article 48 (1) doesn’t say PM can be removed by President . SLFP cannot form a national government. Politics has always been...

Image: Media awaiting for news, in front of the SC on 12 Nov 2018. Strong arguments were presented in the Supreme Court today in favour...

Image: Radhika Coomaraswamy. (ada derana) For the most part of the last few weeks we have been in a suspended state of disbelief. Yes, the...

As the core of Sri Lanka’s Democratic Socialist Republic implodes in multiple critical ways today, it cannot be said that we were not forewarned. For...

Image: Civil groups have been protesting the unconstitutional move by President Sirisena since 27th Nov. (Reuters) – Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena’s decision to dissolve...