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Sacked Sri Lanka PM seeks job back after parliament riot

yesterday

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The Indian Ocean nation has been paralysed since October 26 when President Maithripala Sirisena sacked Ranil Wickremesinghe as premier and replaced him with former strongman Mahinda Rajapakse. With a second no-trust vote against Rajapakse on Friday despite raucous scenes that involved his supporters throwing chilli powder at their opponents, Wickremesinghe demanded the restoration of status quo prior to October 26...

Chaos prevails in Sri Lankan Parliament as leaders hurl chilli powder, furniture

yesterday

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The brawl occurred a day after Speaker Karu Jayasuriya announced there is no prime minister or government following a no-confidence motion against disputed prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa. Friday's proceedings were to repeat the floor test which was disrupted on Thursday...

Chilli, punches thrown as Sri Lanka parliament brawls for second day

yesterday

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Speaker Karu Jayasuriya was blocked from taking his chair for almost an hour by a group of legislators and was only able to take his place after he entered the assembly ringed by unarmed officers and parliamentary staff...

Sri Lanka president says won't suspend parliament, after Rajapaksa loses another confidence vote

yesterday

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Sri Lanka's president said on Friday he won't suspend parliament "under any circumstances", after the prime minister he appointed late last month lost his second confidence vote in three days. Parliament passed a no-confidence motion against Mahinda Rajapaksa and his government by a voice vote after lawmakers supporting him tried to disrupt proceedings...

Sri Lanka, without prime minister and cabinet, grinds to political halt

2 days ago

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Parliament on Wednesday passed the no-confidence motion against recently appointed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and his government with the backing of 122 of the 225 lawmakers in a voice vote, followed by a signed document...

PM Modi arrives in Maldives to attend President-elect Solih's swearing-in ceremony

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Bangladesh scraps plan to start repatriating Rohingya

2 days ago

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The refugees "are not willing to go back now," Refugee Commissioner Abul Kalam told The Associated Press, adding that officials "can't force them to go" but will continue to try to "motivate them so it happens."..

Sri Lanka lawmakers come to blows as PM crisis deepens

2 days ago

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The scuffle in the Si Lanka parliament came a day after it passed a no-confidence vote against Rajapaksa's government. When parliament re-convened, speaker Karu Jayasuriya said the country had no government and there was no prime minister -- either Rajapaksa or his rival whose ousting in late October by the president started the crisis...

Will Bangladesh polls be stalled due to violence: 13 policemen injured in BNP attack

2 days ago

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Bangladesh confident Rohingya will be returned

3 days ago

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angladesh on Wednesday stuck by plans to begin repatriating some of the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya minority who fled Myanmar last year, despite UN warnings and trepidation among the refugees themselves...

Luck runs out for Sri Lanka's Lord of the Rings

3 days ago

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Rajapakse comes from a well-connected political family in the southern district of Hambantota. His father, D.A. Rajapakse, was a prominent independence activist and cabinet minister. The younger Rajapakse studied law but at 24 -- before he had even qualified as an attorney -- he became an MP...

After 17 years, many Afghans blame US for unending war

4 days ago

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The United States has lost more than 2,400 soldiers in its longest war, and has spent more than $900 billion on everything from military operations to the construction of roads, bridges and power plants. Three US presidents have pledged to bring peace to Afghanistan, either by adding or withdrawing troops, by engaging the Taliban or shunning them. Last year, the US dropped the "mother of all bombs" on a cave complex...

Tight security as Sri Lanka court hears crucial case

4 days ago

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President Maithripala Sirisena Friday dissolved parliament and called snap elections for January 5, two weeks after firing the prime minister. The moves sparked international alarm and supporters of the sacked premier as well as a member of the election commission on Monday filed legal challenges...

Sacked PM mulls new alliance, Lanka parties drag president to SC

4 days ago

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At least three killed in Kabul suicide attack: Officials

5 days ago

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Health ministry spokesman Wahid Majroh said another eight people were wounded in the blast, which struck in front of a high school in the downtown area of the Afghan capital. A photo shared on WhatsApp showed several bodies lying on the ground...

Sri Lanka parties challenge president in court

5 days ago

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President Maithripala Sirisena late Friday called snap elections for January 5 and dismissed parliament, two weeks after sacking the prime minister and installing the divisive Mahinda Rajapakse in his place...

Maithripala Sirisena says parliament was dissolved to prevent unrest

5 days ago

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Maithripala Sirisena in an address to the nation outlined his reasons for dissolving parliament well ahead of its scheduled closure. His decision was criticised by some political parties and civil society groups as unconstitutional and illegal...

Lanka crisis: Rajapaksa ends association with Sirisena's party, joins newly-formed SLPP

6 days ago

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Sri Lankan strongman Mahinda Rajapaksa, who was appointed PM in a controversial move by President Sirisena, on Sunday ended his five-decade-long association with the SLFP and joined the newly-formed Sri Lanka People's Party. Rajapaksa's move signalled that he would contest the snap polls, to be held on January 5 under his own party banner...

Bangladesh opposition alliance to contest polls 'to rescue democracy'

6 days ago

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The Jatiya Oikyafront, a 20-party alliance led by 81-year-old Dr Kamal Hossain, had in particular wanted a caretaker government to take over in the weeks heading into the polls. The BNP says a caretaker government is essential for free and fair elections, but the ruling Awami League says the demand is unconstitutional...

Ousted Lankan PM to challenge House dissolution

6 days ago

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Mangala Samaraweera, finance minister in Wickremesinghe's sacked cabinet, said on Saturday that their United National Party (UNP) would file a challenge with Sri Lanka's top court next week, saying the President had "kicked the constitution in the teeth". "We will go to the courts," Samaraweera said...

Sri Lanka to hold snap election on January 5: Sirisena

7 days ago

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Maithripala Sirisena said in a proclamation that a new parliament will be convened on January 17 after conducting the nation-wide vote on January 5. The election timetable was accompanied by an official notice dismissing the nation's 225-member assembly with effect from midnight...

China to build port in Myanmar, third in India's neighbourhood

8 days ago

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Stir by backers of ousted PM brings chaos to Colombo streets

8 days ago

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Behind Sri Lanka's turmoil, a China-India struggle for investments and influence

9 days ago

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Top leader of Bangladesh's banned militant outfit killed

11 days ago

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Sri Lanka heads for showdown as Rajapaksa rallies support

12 days ago

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Sri Lanka to lift parliament suspension in 10 days

13 days ago

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Hasina announces building 560 model mosques, Islamic varsity in Bangladesh

13 days ago

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Sri Lanka's ousted PM says time running out to avert 'bloodbath'

14 days ago

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Sri Lanka president rejects Rajapaksa no-confidence vote: Lawmaker

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Bangladesh court bails jailed photographer who was critical of government

2 days ago

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Sri Lanka grinds to political halt amid parliamentary chaos

2 days ago

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Rajapaksa fails to crack floor test, power vacuum in Lanka

2 days ago

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Sri Lanka cricket star joins Rajapaksa's party

3 days ago

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Taliban kill 12 Afghan security forces in separate attacks

3 days ago

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Sri Lanka Supreme Court overturns dissolution of parliament

4 days ago

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On return list, dozens of Rohingya flee Bangladesh camps

4 days ago

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Lankan parties move SC against Parliament dissolution by President Maithripala Sirisena

5 days ago

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Maithripala Sirisena dissolved Parliament on November 9 and announced snap polls to be held on January 5 next year, after it became evident that he did not have enough support in the House to prove the premiership of 72-year-old Mahinda Rajapaksa...

Bangladesh election day pushed back to Dec 30

5 days ago

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Bangladesh poll authority on Monday deferred the date for next month's general elections by a week to December 30, a day after the country's main opposition alliance demanded delaying the polls by a month. Last week, Bangladesh Election Commission said that the general election will be held on December 23...

Zia’s BNP to challenge Hasina in B’desh polls

5 days ago

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Sri Lanka's parliamentary speaker accuses Maithripala Sirisena of usurping rights of legislators

6 days ago

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On October 26, Maithripala Sirisena abruptly sacked Ranil Wickremesinghe as prime minister and replaced him with Mahinda Rajapaksa, after three-and-a-half years of an estranged relationship with him...

Ousted Sri Lanka PM ready for polls as legal action planned

6 days ago

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Sri Lanka’s ousted prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is ready for polls after President Maithripala Sirisena dissolved the island nation’s parliament and called for a snap general election. His party also said it would mount a legal challenge to the president’s move to dissolve Parliament in Sri Lanka’s top court...

Bangladesh's opposition party alliance to contest general election

6 days ago

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The group, the Jatiya Oikyafront, a 20-party alliance led by 81-year-old Dr Kamal Hossain, had in particular wanted a caretaker government to takeover in the weeks heading into the polls...

Lanka crisis: India in 'wait & watch' mode

6 days ago

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Sri Lanka president dissolves parliament after power struggle: Minister

8 days ago

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EU demands end to Sri Lanka crisis

8 days ago

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The European Union joined a chorus of international voices demanding an end to Sri Lanka's two-week-old political crisis Friday, saying the island nation's international reputation and investments were at risk...

Bangladesh to go to polls on December 23, use EVMs for first time

8 days ago

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Chief election commissioner AKM Nurul Huda said all arrangements have been made to ensure the December 23 election will be peaceful. Candidates must file their applications on November 19. The electoral body announced that Bangladesh will use electronic voting machines for the first time...

Pakistani Christian woman Asia Bibi leaves jail, flies out of Multan

9 days ago

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Bibi was convicted of blasphemy in 2010. She always denied having committed blasphemy. Bibi is now at a secure location, officials said. Her release had prompted anger from a hard-line Islamist party that has threatened to paralyse daily life countrywide. Insulting Islam's Prophet Mohammad carries a mandatory death penalty in Pakistan...

Bangladesh police say top Islamic extremist shot dead

11 days ago

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Khorshed Alam, described as the "emir" of Bangladesh's deadliest Islamist outfit, was gunned down early Tuesday morning in the northern town of Shibganj, police spokesman Sonaton Chokraborty said. "He died before we could bring him to hospital," Chokraborty told AFP of the 38-year-old militant...

Taliban attack an Afghan forces check point, killing 13

12 days ago

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Sri Lanka's ousted PM says US, Japan freeze aid over political crisis

13 days ago

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Sri Lanka crisis: Tamil prisoners may be released to tilt scales in favour of Rajapaksa

13 days ago

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Since the war with the LTTE ended in 2009, the Sri Lankan government has denied that imprisoned LTTE members are political prisoners. Tamils say some of the prisoners have been held over a long time under anti-terrorism law without even being formally charged...

Sri Lanka's main Tamil party to support no-trust motion against Mahinda Rajapaksa

14 days ago

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Mahinda Rajapaksa claims he has enough numbers to prove his majority and at least six of ousted premier, Ranil Wickremasinghe's men have defected to his side. The current suspension of parliament by the president is seen as a key to Rajapaksa negotiating for enough defections...

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Sharp rise in casualties of Afghan troops

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US, China see rival visions for entwined Asia-Pacific region

2 days ago

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The ASEAN meetings focus on enhanced trade and security in a region of more than 630 million people. They wrapped up Thursday with leaders saying they made progress on such issues as cybersecurity, e-commerce and a free trade pact whose final draft was pushed back to next year after more than six years of negotiations...

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Missing Pakistani police officer's body found in Afghanistan

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Rajapaksa fails to crack House floor, power vacuum in Lanka

2 days ago

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The island nation has been in crisis since the president sacked PM Ranil Wickremesinghe on October 26 and replaced him with Rajapaksa, who served as president until being voted out three years ago. On Tuesday the Supreme Court overruled the president’s dissolution of parliament and halted preparations for a snap election, in a major boost for the ousted prime minister...

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Sri Lanka showdown looms as new PM Rajapaksa loses confidence vote

3 days ago

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Deputies from Rajapaksa’s party rejected the voice vote as illegal, saying it wasn’t scheduled and that the pro-China former strongman would remain in office. It wasn’t immediately clear what President Maithripala Sirisena, who triggered the crisis by firing Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and naming Rajapaksa to the job last month, would do now...

Sri Lanka parliament votes against Mahinda Rajapaksa

3 days ago

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Sri Lanka's parliament passed a motion of no-confidence in the controversially-appointed government of Mahinda Rajapaksa Wednesday. The result does not automatically mean that Wickremesinghe, whose party is the biggest in parliament, has won the constitutional showdown. President Maithripala Sirisena retains the power to choose the next prime minister...

Maithripala Sirisena backers file counter petitions supporting dissolution of Parliament

4 days ago

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Maithripala Sirisena dissolved Parliament on November 9 and announced snap polls to be held on January 5 next year after it became clear that he did not have enough support in the House to prove the premiership of former president Mahinda Rajapaksa...

Western envoys shun meet with foreign minister

4 days ago

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At least six killed in Kabul suicide attack: officials

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Nepal names former law minister Nilambar Acharya as ambassador to India

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Rajapaksa, 44 ex-MPs exit Sirisena’s party

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Moscow Afghan talks: Why India softened its stand on Taliban

6 days ago

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The ground has now shifted, opening the prospect for US-Taliban and Taliban-Afghan negotiations in future. As a negotiated solution to Afghanistan becomes more likely, India doesn’t want to be the only power outside the room when that happens...

Sri Lanka's Mahinda Rajapakse vows to hold polls despite challenge

6 days ago

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President Maithripala Sirisena triggered the crisis two weeks ago by sacking prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and replacing him with Rajapakse in a power swap his rivals say is illegal...

UN chief expresses concern over Sri Lankan President's decision to dissolve Parliament

6 days ago

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Sri Lanka's political crisis deepened Friday as President Sirisena dissolved the Parliament and announced snap polls on January 5 after it became evident that he did not have enough support in the House...

US, others denounce dissolution of Sri Lanka parliament as undemocratic

7 days ago

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Independent legal experts say that parliament could be dissolved only in early 2020, which would be four-and-half-years from the first sitting of the current parliament. The only other legal way would be through a referendum, or with the consent of two thirds of lawmakers. Given those views, it was not immediately clear how Sirisena is on legal safe ground by dissolving parliament...

Sri Lanka crisis: Rajapaksa short of 'magic number' to prove premiership, says spokesperson

8 days ago

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No snap election, no referendum to end political crisis in Lanka: President's aide

8 days ago

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"No, no there won't be a dissolution of parliament or a referendum," Rohana Lakshman Piyadasa, the general secretary of President Sirisena's Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), told the party's central committee meeting Thursday night...

Bangladesh general election set for December 23

9 days ago

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Detained opposition leader Khaleda Zia of BNP will almost certainly be banned from contesting the election as she has been jailed for corruption and has virtually no time to appeal. The BNP and its allies have held talks with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on their election demands which included releasing the party leader but Hasina rejected the move...

'Coup without guns': India, China cautiously watch Sri Lankan crisis

10 days ago

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Sri Lanka crisis scares tourists in fresh hit to economy

11 days ago

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Won't accept Rajapaksa as PM until he proves majority: Sri Lanka speaker

12 days ago

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President Maithripala Sirisena fired the sitting prime minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, on Oct. 26 and appointed Rajapaksa in his place, drawing criticism from political parties and the international community...

Passenger train arrives in Eastern Nepal from India

13 days ago

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Thousands of people in Nepal Sunday greeted the arrival of the first passenger train from India to the country's Eastern industrial town of Biratnagar as part of a test run for the 18.1-kilometre proposed cross-border railway line. The train, having both Indian and Nepalese flags fluttering, arrived from Bathnaha in Bihar to Katahari in Nepal's Morang district...

Sacked Sri Lankan PM's residence becomes symbol of power struggle

13 days ago

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Thousands of loyalists from across the country are camped out at the Temple Trees residence in Colombo, a colonial-era bungalow where Ranil Wickremesinghe has been holed up since his shock dismissal more than a week ago...

Sri Lanka rivals target defectors to end political crisis

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