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Mahinda Rajapaksa calls for snap parliamentary polls in his inaugural statement as new Sri Lanka prime minister

Mahinda Rajapaksa's return to power ended a more than three-year-old coalition government that was formed by Maithripala Sirisena and Ranil Wickremesinghe on a promise to combat corruption and financial irregularities.

Sri Lankan president Maithripala Sirisena reshuffles Cabinet for fourth time after months of political impasse

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Tuesday reshuffled his Cabinet for the fourth time and changed the portfolios of 18 ministers, weeks after six ministers had resigned from his National Unity Government.

'Dream of becoming PM has faded away': Rajapakse concedes defeat in Sri Lanka polls

Sri Lanka's former president Mahinda Rajapakse said that he had conceded defeat in parliamentary elections, but he will work as an opposition member of the legislature.

Mahinda Rajapaksa seeks political comeback as Sri Lanka goes to polls

Sri Lankans will vote in a crucial general election on Monday after a tense poll campaign with former strongman Mahinda Rajapaksa eyeing a political comeback as prime minister months after being toppled as president by Maithripala Sirisena, who has vowed not to make him premier.

Rajapaksa-led coalition sweeps Sri Lanka's local polls

Rajapaksa maintains his popularity, which he gained after he won the military conflict with LTTE in May 2009.