Sri Lankan PM survives no confidence vote

By Shihar Aneez and Ranga Sirilal COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Wednesday survived a no confidence vote in parliament after a majority of legislators voted to support his coalition government but the instability caused may damage its reform agenda. The opposition, eyeing fractures within the ruling alliance, had sponsored the trust vote against Wickremesinghe blaming him for failing to prevent an alleged scam https://ift.tt/2GBVcik in the bond market, and for failing to stop anti-Muslim riots https://ift.tt/2Ej5o9C that occurred last month.

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