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Sri Lanka sees new political risks since its sovereign debt default
Polls may increase crisis-hit Sri Lanka's uncertainty amid debt restructuring, IMF loan delay
Internal conflicts between the two main parties in the governing Sri Lanka Nidahas Podujana Peramuna are emerging as the...
Athureliye Rathana Thero’s rocky journey to claim the sole National seat the Our People’s Power Party (OPPP) won at ...
The United National Party is demanding that the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress reveal the deal it struck with Prime Minister ...
Police looking to arrest former Minister Rishad Bathiudeen in connection with the alleged misuse of government funds to ...
Eminent Emeritus Professor of Political Science Jayadeva Uyangoda writes that the proposed 20th Amendment has several ma...
The formulation of the draft 20th Amendment and its unanimous acceptance by the cabinet is indicative of President Gotab...
A nine-member committee appointed by Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa to study the various opinions that have been expre...
The Opposition is charging that provisions in the proposed 20th Amendment will affect development negatively because it ...
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is saying neither he nor Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa exerted undue influence on the Co...
The United National Party may not appoint a successor to Party Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe this year, but put it off for...
Parliament descended into a raucous shouting pit this afternoon after the Opposition came to the House clad in Black sha...
The main opposition Samagi Jana Balavegaya says its Parliamentary Group resolved unanimously to fight the proposed 20th ...
Opposition activist, Attorney at Law Harshana Nanayakkara is saying that the 20th Amendment to the Constitution if enact...
The Court of Appeal has issued an interim order permitting convicted murderer Premalal Jayasekara to attend Parliamentar...
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President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is saying that he has no intention of making any changes in the appointments he has made re...
The United National Party which was decimated at this month’s Parliamentary General Elections will look to rebuild for...
Former Speaker Karu Jayasuriya has shot back at the United National Party members who have said that he cannot become th...
The Main Opposition Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB) says the government should admit it violated the constitution when it a...
A controversial statement made by first-time Member C.V. Vigneshwaran delivering his maiden speech at Parliament on Augu...
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has appointed Susil Premajayantha as a State Minister, the Presidential Secretariat announc...
The Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB) is saying that it will launch a countrywide people’s movement to safeguard the freedo...
The United National Party (UNP) will meet next week to decide on a new leader for the country’s Grand Old Party, party...
There is a concept of inclusive nationalism, in which everyone born within the boundaries of the country (regardless of ...
Minister of Education Prof G.L. Peiris says President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has a moral and legal right to hold the Defence...
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