A few weeks ago it was reported that Sri Lanka’s president tried firing the Prime Minister and dissolving parliament. News now says that he tried replacing the Prime Minister with the ex president. The last president was a corrupt hardcore person that did not pass off power smoothly. Rajapaksa, the last president, is now the Prime Minister which many members… Read more »
The following graph depicts the share of various import partners of Sri Lanka: In Order: India, China, Iran, Singapore, South Korea The major export commodities of Sri Lanka are: Textiles and apparel. Tea and spices. Diamonds. Emeralds. Rubies. Coconut products. Rubber manufactures. Fish
The Foreign Office has been accused of allowing government asylum policy to be dictated to by a Pakistan mob after it was confirmed it urged the Home Office not to grant Asia Bibi political asylum in the UK out of fear for the safety of UK consular staff. Asia Bibi, a Christian woman acquitted of blasphemy, is seeking asylum after… Read more »
In 1987 grenades ripped through Sri Lanka’s parliament, killing two people and narrowly missing the country’s president and prime minister. Ranil Wickremesinghe, who until three weeks ago occupied the prime minister’s office, had been in the building that day, he reminded journalists on Friday. “I’ve been here when a bomb was thrown,” he said. Even so, the scenes in Sri… Read more »
Sri Lankan lawmakers say they have passed a no-confidence motion against the country’s purported prime minister, Mahinda Rajapaksa, removing the PM and his cabinet from their posts and deepening an unprecedented constitutional crisis in the country. But allies of Rajapaksa – controversially appointed by Sirisena last month after the president sacked the incumbent PM, Ranil Wickremesinghe – say they are… Read more »
Sri Lanka’s supreme court has suspended the president’s controversial decision to dissolve parliament and MPs are planning to meet to decide between the two men claiming to be the country’s lawful prime minister. In a verdict hailed as one of the most important in Sri Lankan history, the court ruled on Tuesday evening to suspend the order by the president,… Read more »
Southeast Asia is full of problems like any other region, but the similarity of some problems to those in other parts of the world are somewhat surprising. The Governments have corruption and scandals looped into the bases of their systems, social and political issues dominate the news, and the relationships of major powers in the middle east still cause massive… Read more »
Colombo, Sri Lanka – Sri Lanka‘s President Maithripala Sirisena has dissolved the country’s parliament and declared a snap election on January 5, hours after his coalition admitted that it could not muster enough parliamentary support for its designated prime minister.
TEHRAN: Hundreds of Iranian women attended a crunch football match in Tehran, in a rare step seen Sunday as a “victory” by local newspapers and hailed by FIFA as a “historic and festive day” for the sport. About a thousand women were allowed into Azadi Stadium late Saturday to watch Iranian giant Persepolis FC battle it out in the Asian… Read more »
The United States has reimposed oil and financial sanctions against Iran, significantly turning up the pressure on Tehran in order to curb its alleged missile and nuclear programmes.