Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa will be on a state visit to India from February 8 to 11, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced on Thursday. "Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa will be on a state visit to India from February 8 to 11.

Latest South Asia News - Ministry of External Affairs announces Sri Lanka PM Mahinda Rajapaksa's visit to India from February 8 to 11

President Sirisena rejects Lankan Parliament's no-confidence motion against Rajapaksa A day after the Sri Lankan Parliament passed a no-confidence motion against prime minister Rajapaksa, President Sirisena said the Parliament "tried to override the Constitutional powers of the president and the judiciary.

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The Tamil National Alliance (TNA), a political alliance in Sri Lanka that represents the country`s Tamil minority, has decided to back the no-confidence motion brought by the United National Party against newly sworn-in Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa.

Sri Lanka: Tamil National Alliance to support no-trust motion against Rajapaksa

Sri Lanka's sacked prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has warned time is running out to avert a "bloodbath" while voicing hope that parliament will resolve a damaging constitutional crisis in the coming days.

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

India, caught flatfooted by the appointment of Mahinda Rajapaksa as Sri Lanka's premier, has opened urgent diplomatic and political contacts with the strongman who drew close to China during his previous tenure as president, officials said.

As Rajapaksa takes over as Sri Lanka PM, India scrambles to claw back ground from China

The United States is following developments in Sri Lanka with concern after a political turmoil sparked by the sudden sacking of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, and urged all parties to respect the due process, a senior US State Department official has said.

US following development in Sri Lanka, urges all sides to respect due process: State Department

A political crisis in Sri Lanka took a deadly turn on Sunday, with one person killed when a sacked cabinet minister tried to re-enter his office, days after the president removed the prime minister and installed a powerful ally of China in his place.

Sri Lanka crisis turns violent as 1 killed at ex-minister's office

Sri Lanka's ruling alliance was humiliated Sunday in local elections seen as a test of its leadership and the party of ex-president Mahinda Rajapakse was on track for a shock landslide victory, results showed

Ruling Sri Lanka alliance humiliated in local elections, ex-president Rajapaksa's party on track for shock landslide win