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Singapore, Kuwait, Italy, Dubai and the Maldives have also slapped a travel ban on Sri Lanka till May 31.
"This is a dangerous situation. We remember Mrs Bandaranaike now more than ever," she said.
Government members have forfeited their right to boast about patriotism, Silva said.
“We will give our recommendations based on our independent investigation,” said Liyanage.
Six protesters arrested by police while army personnel have tried to disrupt a protest demanding Rajapaksa step down
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...
Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena has asked people to go to vote on November 16 to elect a president without fe...
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The battle between the contestants is also a struggle to replace Sri Lanka's septuagenarian leadership with younger lead...
Sri Lankans choose a new president on Saturday in what could mark a comeback for the Rajapaksa clan, lauded by supporter...
At least 50 Sri Lankan election officials at the capital Colombo's main counting centre were admitted to hospital on Fri...
It has cost the authorities Rs. 60 million to date to remove posters, banners and cutouts promoting canddiates so far, t...
The National People’s Power (NPP) has lodged a complaint with the Election Commission (EC) against a Sunday newspaper ...
Armed men stabbed and injured a writer in Sri Lanka on Thursday, a week after he published a book criticising the main ...
A freelance journalist and writer in Galle came under attack this morning over a book he wrote about alleged corruption ...
All government schools across the island will be closed tomorrow (15) in view of the presidential election scheduled for...
In an open letter circulating on social media, the Royal Park murder covict claims his presidential pardon was not arbit...
Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL) said today (14) that it has recorded complaints of a number of incidents of ...
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