Rappler's latest stories on Sri Lanka politics
Sri Lanka Muslim ministers resign en masse over Easter bombings
The resignations of 9 government legislators come after a Buddhist monk lawmaker supporting President Maithripala Sirisena demanded the sacking of 3 top Muslim politicians
Sri Lanka president names new cabinet after final dispute with prime minister
'The forming of the cabinet was delayed because the president wanted to retain media and the police,' the government says
Sri Lanka reinstates ousted prime minister, ending power struggle
Ranil Wickremesinghe is sworn back in power at a closed-door ceremony in the president's office in Colombo
Sri Lanka parliament votes out Rajapaksa's government
Speaker Karu Jayasuriya rules that a majority of the 225-member assembly supports the motion against Mahinda Rajapakse who was made prime minister on October 26
Sri Lanka president's climbdown offers hope of end to political crisis
The speaker Karu Jayasuriya has met with Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena to force the concession
Sri Lanka says military 'sabotaging' post-war reconciliation
The government says it is investigating allegations that two senior military officers are training 400 troops to provoke unrest in Jaffna
Church in Sri Lanka warzone prepares for papal visit
A small church nestled in a Sri Lankan wildlife reserve was on the frontline of the island s decades long civil war but is now preparing for the first ever papal visit seen as a beacon of harmony
Coup averted in Sri Lanka – new government
A top aide to newly elected Maithripala Sirisena tells reporters Mahinda Rajapakse had in fact tried to persuade the island s army and police chiefs to help him stay in office with the use of force
Sri Lanka votes in tightest election in decades
UPDATED Sri Lanka goes to the polls in its tightest election in decades with its strongman president battling for survival
4 concerns in Sri Lanka snap presidential polls
A Namfrel official describes the situation in Sri Lanka in the run up to the January 8 presidential polls and the similarities with the conduct of elections in the Philippines
Sri Lanka president pledges fresh war crimes probe
But President Mahinda Rajapakse reiterates that he would not cooperate with a UN mandated investigation into the government s 2009 crushing of the Tamil Tiger rebellion
