Ranga Sirilal

COLOMBO (Reuters) - President Mahinda Rajapaksa removed Sri Lanka's chief justice from office with immediate effect on Sunday, defying a Supreme Court ruling that the impeachment process was illegal and...

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's Supreme Court said on Thursday parliament does not have the legal authority to investigate accusations of misconduct against senior judges and an impeachment proceeding against...

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's chief justice appealed on Wednesday against a report by a parliamentary panel which said she was guilty of financial irregularities and failing to declare her...

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lankan lawyers boycotted courts on Wednesday, crippling the judicial system in a protest at what they call an unfair impeachment move against the chief justice and...

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's parliament speaker on Thursday rejected a supreme court summons to a parliamentary panel looking into a move to impeach the chief justice, deepening a crisis...

COLOMBO (Reuters) - At least 27 people were killed and a senior police officer seriously wounded in a gunfight in Sri Lanka's biggest prison that began when police came under...

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa's ruling party moved a motion in parliament on Thursday to impeach the chief justice for violating the constitution, signaling a deepening rift...

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa's ruling party moved a motion in parliament on Thursday to impeach the chief justice for violating the constitution, signaling a deepening rift...