Sri Lanka president gets resounding mandate to drive forward recovery
Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's sweeping coalition election win this week underlined widening support for his leftist policies, but he faces the test of steering the nation's recovery from a financial crisis with an inexperienced set of lawmakers.
Sri Lanka president to present policy statement at parliament’s inauguration
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake will be presenting his government’s policy statement at the inaugural session of the new parliament on November 21, it was announced on Saturday.      Dissanayake's address to the inaugural session of the new parliament – the 10th parliament since the 1978 presidential constitution – will be at 3 pm on November 21,
Sri Lanka election: Young candidates take to politics, herald generational shift in parliament
The voting population is increasingly vocal about breaking free from established political figures and their entrenched practices.
Sri Lanka to hold key parliamentary vote on November 14
Sri Lanka's general election sees a shift in political landscape as voters choose representatives amid economic crisis aftermath.
Sri Lanka votes in a parliamentary election that's key for its new Marxist-leaning president
Sri Lankans are voting in a parliamentary election that’s key for their new, Marxist-leaning president to consolidate his party’s power and follow through on promises of economic recovery
Factbox-How Sri Lanka Elects Its New Parliament
Sri Lanka will vote in a snap general election on Thursday, called by new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to secure a majority in parliament to back his policies in the island nation struggling to recover from a crushing financial crisis.
Sri Lanka votes for new parliament as economic recovery hangs in balance
Sri Lanka holds a snap election on Thursday which will determine if the South Asian island nation wants to empower its new, leftist President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to push his anti-poverty policies as it recovers from a financial meltdown.
Sri Lankan president seeks party win in parliamentary election to help him push his economic reforms
Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is looking to consolidate his party’s power in Thursday’s parliamentary election to help him implement his election pledges to solve the country’s economic woes and foster good governance.
Discarding Decades of Dynastic Politics, Sri Lankans to Vote for Change in Parliament Poll
The Rajapaksa family, who hail from Hambantota and whose cohort of brothers gave Sri Lanka two former presidents during a dozen years in power, saw their political fortunes wane a
Alert: Voting begins in Sri Lanka's parliamentary election that is key for its new, Marxist-leaning president
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Sri Lanka president eyes parliament win in snap election
Sri Lanka votes Thursday in a second national election in as many months with a deeply divided opposition struggling to recover from a crushing defeat at presidential polls.
How Sri Lanka elects its Parliament and why Dissanayake called for snap elections
Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's sweeping coalition election win this week underlined widening support for his ...
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Govt. aims to cut costs in Parliament by introducing MP Benefit Reforms
The Government of Sri Lanka is to reduce the heavy cost of maintaining Parliament by curtailing the benefits given to newly elected Members of Parliament.
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‘Need a change’: Sri Lanka’s leftist win sparks hopes, bridges old divides
President Dissanayake’s party has won a two-thirds majority in parliament, including among Tamils and Muslims.
Sri Lankans to vote for change in parliament poll, discarding decades of dynastic politics
Sri Lanka votes to elect a new parliament this week in a snap general election called by its Marxist-leaning president who ...
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After Thursday’s electoral deluge; Sri Lanka’s re-imagined dawn
We have changed’ announced the ‘Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna’ (JVP)’s General Secretary Tilvin Silva on Thursday, addressing an intently listening audience comprising President Anura Kumara Dissanayake ...
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Sri Lanka parliament polls: Clear shift in Lankan politics as Dissanayake's NPP coalition wins 159 seats
The JVP-NPP combine sweeps the Rajapaksa stronghold in the south, and the Tamil hardline areas in the north and reduces the ...
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Anura expects to secure a ‘strong presence’ in Sri Lanka’s Parliament
Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on ... s question on whether the alliance sought a two-thirds majority in the ...
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Sri Lanka President's Policy Statement at Parliament Inauguration
Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake will present his government's policy statement at the inaugural session of the ...