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The Free Media Movement (FMM) is calling for the abolishing of the Press Council and has vehemently opposed the governme...
Commitments made by the government of Sri Lanka for equality and justice for the Tamil community through meaningful devo...
Sri Lanka must immediately impose an excess profit tax to recover the Rs 15.9 billion loss in tax revenue from the alleg...
A Sri Lankan web journalist who had allegedly been abducted in a black van and then released with assault injuries was t...
Indian assistance comes at a time when Sri Lanka is facing its worst ever economic crisis
UNP MP Harin Fernando has quit his Ministerial posts as well as all officwes he holds with the party after the rubbing t...
Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who spearheaded the brutal crushing of the Tamil Tigers 10 years ago, stormed to victory Sunday in S...
Sajith Premadasa has said he is stepping down as Deputy Leader of the United National Party conceding defeat to Gotabaya...
Sri Lanka's ruling party candidate Sajith Premadasa Sunday conceded the presidential poll on Sunday and congratulated h...
Sri Lanka Podujana Party has claimed victory in 2019 presidential polls with its candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa getting la...
Sri Lanka Podujana Party candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa is leading in declared results, helped by large majorities in Sout...
Former defence secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa from Sri Lanka Podujana Party has taken an early lead in presidential plls, ...
Sri Lankans will know who their next President will be by 6pm tomorrow, the Chairman of the National Elections Commissio...
Turnout at Sri Lanka's 2019 Presidential elections could reach 84 percent at the final count with the minimal violence, ...
President Maithripala Sirisena made his final speech as head of state today, vowing to continue his service to the natio...
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Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said the 19th amendment has given the freedom for citizens to have an ele...
Sri Lanka's outgoing President Maithripala Sirisena said in a farewell address that he had established democracy, media ...
Sri Lanka's presidential polls closed Saturday with turnouts in many districts reporting turnouts over 70 percent report...
Around 50 to 60 percent of votes had been cast in many districts by 1300 hours Saturday, reports said while elections of...
Sri Lanka's presidential election is a showdown between a man offering free sanitary pads and a former soldier dubbed th...
Roadblocks set up by the military in the northern Jaffna peninsular has been cleared, police said.
Police are investigating an incident where stones were thrown and shots fired at two buses carrying Muslim voters from P...
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Sri Lankans began voting Saturday on elections to select their next President, with key candidates offering subsidies, t...
Gunmen opened fire on a convoy of buses carrying minority Muslim voters in northwest Sri Lanka on Saturday, hours before...
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