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Speaker accused of ignoring opposition protests and Supreme Court ruling when passing Online Safety Bill
160 of 225 MPs through first-past-the-post method, while 65 through proportional representation system
CPA survey has found that 1 in 10 Sri Lankans show a preference for authoritarianism
Sri Lankan politicians have historically used racism to divide the country
Harshana Sooriyapperuma resigned to become Finance Ministry Secretary
"This is a matter of national importance," Sajith Premadasa said.
Sri Lanka is a leader in battling the Coronavirus compared to many other countries Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachch...
Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Hesha Withanage wants party leaders Rishad Bathiudeen and Rauff Hakeem expelled from the...
Sri Lanka should decide whether to keep the country running in a new normal situation where the Covid 19 pandemic is acc...
Leader of Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) Rauff Hakeem is urging the members of his party not to vote in favour of the ...
Faced with a pandemic the government’s priority should be enacting laws to deal with the health crisis and not bring i...
Parliament saw raucous scenes this morning as before the scheduled debate on the controversial 20th Amendment to the Con...
Opposition Parliamentarians are warning that the death of alleged drug kingpin known as Makandure Madush in a purported ...
Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardene is due to officially reveal the determination of the Supreme Court with regards to the ...
Sri Lanka’s Parliamentary Opposition is demanding that sittings of the Legislature be conducted according to Regulatio...
In an unprecedented event a document purporting to be the determination of the Supreme Court on the proposed 20th Amendm...
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The Parliamentary Opposition is charging that the general public let down their guard against the Covid 19 pandemic beca...
Sri Lanka’s Parliament is saying that reports on social media that a family member of a Parliament employee has contra...
The Supreme Court will close submissions from all parties challenging or supporting the controversial proposed 20th Amen...
The National People’s Power believes resistance to the proposed 20th Amendment cannot be limited to a court challenge,...
The Main Opposition Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB) and the Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) are to file Fundamental Ri...
Opposition Parliamentarians staged a protest in the Well of the House today when the government tabled the proposed 20th...
The extreme nature of the proposed 20th Amendment, tabled in Parliament today, which has been the cause of much disquiet...
The government is vehemently denying that there has been a spate of serious incidents where protected forests have been ...
The Free Media Movement (FMM) is expressing deep concern about the impending threat to the freedom of expression by the ...
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is the main initiator of the controversial 20th Amendment to the Constitution which is now ...
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