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Sri Lankan former prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa was seen inside the parliament building as fellow parliamentarians were voting to elect the next president. Mahinda Rajapaksa also cast his vote along with former minister Namal Rajapaksa,…

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's former strongman Mahinda Rajapaksa on Wednesday made his first appearance in Parliament since he was forced to resign as prime minister and take shelter in a navy camp under high security amidst violent protests against…

Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa has promised to appoint a new prime minister, empower the parliament and abolish the all-powerful executive presidential system to stabilise the island nation engulfed in political crisis and violence…

India’s southern neighbour Sri Lanka is in a crippling financial crisis, one that it has not seen since its independence. Fuel, food and all other essential commodities have run out in the island nation of 22 million people. Sri Lanka is…

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's largest opposition party rejected an invitation from the president on Monday to form a unity government, as protests continued throughout the country over its worst economic crisis in memory and deepening mistrust in…