STORY: Sri Lankan police used tear gas and water cannons on protesters on Monday as hundreds protested outside Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa's residence in Tangalle, in the south of the country.

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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Lawmakers opposed to disputed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa won control of a key committee setting Parliament’s agenda during a crucial vote on Friday that dealt a severe ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is looking to consolidate his party's power in Thursday's parliamentary election to help him implement his election pledges to ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankans voted in a parliamentary election Thursday that is key for the country's new, Marxist-leaning president to consolidate his party's power and follow through on ...

Sri Lanka began counting votes in a parliamentary election that will decide whether the nation’s outsider leftist president will be able to fulfill his ambitious pledges to combat corruption and ...

Sri Lanka’s Parliament voted Wednesday to elect six-time Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as president after the country's previous leader fled the country amid protests over an major economic ...

The Sri Lankan parliament passed the electricity reform bill on June 6, as part of the restructuring of state-owned enterprises (SOE) demanded by the International ...

On October 21, the Sri Lankan parliament, with the support of the ruling and opposition parties, passed a new constitutional amendment. The 21st amendment, the government of President Ranil ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Lawmakers supporting disputed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa have walked out of Sri Lanka's Parliament to protest the speaker's actions during an ongoing political crisis.

FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2010 file photo, Sri Lankan government minister Keheliya Rambukwella speaks during a press conference in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan lawmakers on Wednesday, Sept.6, 2023 ...