Sri Lankan Parliament votes to elect new President

The Sri Lankan Parliament on Wednesday began voting to elect the successor to Gotabaya Rajapaksa in a three-way presidential contest, following a high-voltage political drama which saw the former......

Lankan Oppn to move no-trust motion against Gotabaya govt

Sri Lanka's main Opposition party Samagi Jana Balawegaya on Friday announced that it will move a no-confidence motion against the government of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa if it fails to take......

Lanka ex-army chief begins 30-month prison term

Sri Lanka's former army chief Sarath Fonseka has been moved to prison to serve out his 30-month sentence ratified by president Mahinda Rajapaksa, even as the opposition termed his incarceration as......

Sri Lanka: Fonseka's court martial postponed

The hearing of court martial proceedings against General Sarath Fonseka was on Tuesday postponed following restrictions by the Supreme Court's Court of Appeal, two days before parliamentary......