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Cabinet of Ministers shall stand dissolved, when Parliament passes a vote...

Rajeev Amarasuriya is an Attorney-at-Law in practice in the area of public law before the Superior Courts. He is a Fellow Member of the...

The palpable horror in the house by the Diyawanna – Kishali...

Image: pro Rajapaksa MP Weerawansa threatening police officers protecting speaker Jayasuriya. As pro-Rajapaksa parliamentarians threw water lethally spiced with red chillie into the eyes of...

Mahinda Rajapaksa loses trust vote again

Image: Police men protecting the speaker were attacked with chili power by Rajapaksa loyalists. Meera Srinivasan Pro-Rajapaksa MPs again try to assault Jayasuriya; JVP leader accuses them...

Sri Lanka PM Wickremesinghe mourns fate of democracy

Image: Sri Lanka police shielding speaker Karu Jayasuriya from the attack of Rajapaksa loyalists MPs, 16th Noc 2018. ( Photo AP) Warns public confidence in...

Sri Lanka: Rajapaksa’s MPs turned to violence in the face of...

Image: JVP MP Vijitha Herath being treated after he was assaulted with a constitution book! ( Tweeter photo) Several policemen and Parliamentarians were injured during...

Call for a Presidential Election The best way to solve the...

( November 16, 2018, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) We are passing the dark days of our nation by risking longstanding democratic values that are being disturbed...

Sri Lanka: Violation of constitutional provisions & breach of parliamentary provisions...

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...

Sri Lanka grinds to political halt amid parliamentary chaos

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

Sri Lanka: Full text of Supreme Court verdict on dissolution gazette

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

Majority of lawmakers oppose Rajapaksa govt, Sri Lanka parliament speaker says

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...