Tamil National Alliance

Blow to Maithripala Sirisena as Sri Lankan Parliament passes motion to reinstate ousted prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe

Sri Lanka is going through a major political crisis since 26 October when President Maithripala Sirisena, in a controversial move, removed Wickremesinghe and installed ex-strongman Mahinda Rajapaksa in his place.

Sri Lankan parties agree to form select committee to conduct parliamentary affairs amid political infighting

Sri Lankan Parliament, which was convened on Monday for a third floor test against disputed prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, was adjourned just ten minutes after its opening.

Maithripala Sirisena, Mahinda Rajapaksa to decide on releasing Tamil prisoners 'soon', says Sri Lanka PM's son Namal

Mahinda Rajapaksa claims he has enough numbers to prove his majority and at least six of Wickremasinghe's men have defected to his side.

CV Wigneswaran splits from TNA, forms TMA: Lankan council CM should have discussed differences in private, not resorted to grandstanding

The peddling of despair by the chief minister, who was elected to bring help and hope to the Tamil people, was perhaps the saddest aspect of the many missed opportunities of the now unlamented end of the Wigneswaran administration in the Northern Province.

China aims to build infrastructure in former LTTE bastion to extend influence in Sri Lanka

China’s latest push in the Indian Ocean island nation comes despite criticism that a big Chinese port project and related infrastructure in the south are dragging the country of 21 million people deep into debt.

Sri Lanka seeks to leave behind horrors of Black July 1983 but Tamil community still struggles to get their legitimate rights

Even as the Sri Lankan Parliament works on constitutional reforms, the state administration has been struggling to meet the needs of Tamil refugees returning to their homeland after decades.

Sri Lanka govt has no mandate to create new Constitution, says former president Mahinda Rajapaksa

Sri Lanka's former president Mahinda Rajapaksa on Sunday warned that the constitutional reform process undertaken would end up with a federal Constitution for the country.

Sri Lanka's main Tamil party 'perturbed' by proposed anti-terror law

Sri Lanka's main Tamil party today said it was "deeply perturbed" by the government's policy on a proposed counter-terrorism law as it curtails civil liberties and has potential for abuse.

'Think of the country': Sri Lanka PM Ranil Wickremesinghe warns against return to divisive politics

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe urged Sri Lanka's parties Wednesday to work together as he began forming a new government backed by minority Tamils after a surge in support for his reform-driven agenda in parliamentary elections.

SL's main Tamil party decides to support opposition candidate Maithripala Sirisena

Tamil National Alliance leader said his party will back Sirisena, because it believes Rajapaksa failed to heal the island's long-standing ethnic conflict despite ending 25 years of civil war in 2009.