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Sri Lanka Goes To Snap Polls Tomorrow: How New Parliament Is Elected
Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Dissanayake dissolved parliament on September 24 to clear the way for the general election, days after the Marxist-leaning leader was elected president on a platform for change.
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Why Sri Lanka's President Has Called For A Snap General Election - 5 Facts
Sri Lanka will hold a parliamentary election on November 14, the government announced on Tuesday, less than two months after the island nation elected Anura Kumara Dissanayake as its new President.
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Sri Lanka's Newly-Elected President Dissolves Parliament, Calls Snap Polls On November 14
In one of the his first significant moves as Sri Lanka's newly-elected President, leftist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake today dissolved the country's Parliament and called for snap polls within one month.
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Sri Lankan Parliament Approves Controversial Online Safety Bill
Sri Lankan Parliament on Wednesday approved with amendments the controversial Online Safety Bill that seeks to regulate online content amid criticism from the opposition that claimed it will stifle freedom of speech.
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Sri Lanka Parliament Passes Resolution To Sack Cricket Board After Cricket World Cup 2023 Debacle
The Sri Lankan parliament on Thursday unanimously passed a resolution, calling for the sacking of the country's cricket governing body.
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"You Saved Us": Lanka Speaker Thanks India For Providing Aid Amid Crisis
Sri Lanka's Parliament Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena on Friday thanked India for the financial assistance it extended to the island nation when it reeled under an unprecedented economic crisis last year.
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Sri Lanka's Supreme Court Clears Path For Decriminalising Homosexuality
Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has given the green light to a bill seeking to decriminalise homosexuality, the speaker of parliament said on Tuesday, in a move hailed as a "historic development" by campaigners.
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Sri Lanka Approves IMF's $3 Billion Bailout Package
Sri Lanka's Parliament on Friday approved the much-needed USD 3 billion IMF bailout package to revive the island's economy which was hit hard by a catastrophic economic and humanitarian crisis sparked by years of mismanagement and the raging pandemic
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Crisis-Hit Sri Lanka Likely To Delay March 9 Election
Bankrupt Sri Lanka is set to postpone local elections due next month, according to a top official, prompting opposition protests today that forced parliament to be adjourned.
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Sri Lankan President Says Debt Restructuring Talks With India, China "Successful"
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Tuesday informed the parliament that talks with India and China on debt restructuring are successful.
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Bankrupt Sri Lanka Clears Budget, Securing Twice-Delayed IMF Bailout
Crisis-hit Sri Lanka's parliament today approved President Ranil Wickremesinghe's 2023 budget, vital to raising government revenue and securing a twice-delayed IMF bailout.
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Crisis-Hit Sri Lanka Passes Amendment To Curb Presidential Powers
Sri Lanka's parliament voted Friday to curtail the powers of the president, a partial concession to the protest movement that forced the island nation's former head-of-state into exile.
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Power Outage Interrupts Lanka President's Oath Coverage, To Be Probed: Report
A power outage in the Sri Lankan Parliament complex stopped the live broadcast of President Ranil Wickremesinghe's swearing-in ceremony, forcing authorities to launch an investigation, a media report said on Thursday.
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"Baseless": India Denies Reports Of Influencing Lanka Presidential Polls
India on Wednesday categorically denied media reports that New Delhi is making efforts at the political level to influence leaders in Sri Lanka regarding elections in the Parliament for the post of the Sri Lankan President.
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Ahead Of Vote, Sri Lanka's Opposition Leader Makes An Appeal To PM Modi
Ahead of the big vote in Sri Lanka, in which the parliament will elect a new president, Leader of Opposition Sajith Premadasa has made a request to India to keep supporting the island nation irrespective of who is elected to the top post.
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Sri Lanka Goes To Snap Polls Tomorrow: How New Parliament Is Elected
Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Dissanayake dissolved parliament on September 24 to clear the way for the general election, days after the Marxist-leaning leader was elected president on a platform for change.
-
Why Sri Lanka's President Has Called For A Snap General Election - 5 Facts
Sri Lanka will hold a parliamentary election on November 14, the government announced on Tuesday, less than two months after the island nation elected Anura Kumara Dissanayake as its new President.
-
Sri Lanka's Newly-Elected President Dissolves Parliament, Calls Snap Polls On November 14
In one of the his first significant moves as Sri Lanka's newly-elected President, leftist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake today dissolved the country's Parliament and called for snap polls within one month.
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Sri Lankan Parliament Approves Controversial Online Safety Bill
Sri Lankan Parliament on Wednesday approved with amendments the controversial Online Safety Bill that seeks to regulate online content amid criticism from the opposition that claimed it will stifle freedom of speech.
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Sri Lanka Parliament Passes Resolution To Sack Cricket Board After Cricket World Cup 2023 Debacle
The Sri Lankan parliament on Thursday unanimously passed a resolution, calling for the sacking of the country's cricket governing body.
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"You Saved Us": Lanka Speaker Thanks India For Providing Aid Amid Crisis
Sri Lanka's Parliament Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena on Friday thanked India for the financial assistance it extended to the island nation when it reeled under an unprecedented economic crisis last year.
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Sri Lanka's Supreme Court Clears Path For Decriminalising Homosexuality
Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has given the green light to a bill seeking to decriminalise homosexuality, the speaker of parliament said on Tuesday, in a move hailed as a "historic development" by campaigners.
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Sri Lanka Approves IMF's $3 Billion Bailout Package
Sri Lanka's Parliament on Friday approved the much-needed USD 3 billion IMF bailout package to revive the island's economy which was hit hard by a catastrophic economic and humanitarian crisis sparked by years of mismanagement and the raging pandemic
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Crisis-Hit Sri Lanka Likely To Delay March 9 Election
Bankrupt Sri Lanka is set to postpone local elections due next month, according to a top official, prompting opposition protests today that forced parliament to be adjourned.
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Sri Lankan President Says Debt Restructuring Talks With India, China "Successful"
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Tuesday informed the parliament that talks with India and China on debt restructuring are successful.
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Bankrupt Sri Lanka Clears Budget, Securing Twice-Delayed IMF Bailout
Crisis-hit Sri Lanka's parliament today approved President Ranil Wickremesinghe's 2023 budget, vital to raising government revenue and securing a twice-delayed IMF bailout.
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Crisis-Hit Sri Lanka Passes Amendment To Curb Presidential Powers
Sri Lanka's parliament voted Friday to curtail the powers of the president, a partial concession to the protest movement that forced the island nation's former head-of-state into exile.
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Power Outage Interrupts Lanka President's Oath Coverage, To Be Probed: Report
A power outage in the Sri Lankan Parliament complex stopped the live broadcast of President Ranil Wickremesinghe's swearing-in ceremony, forcing authorities to launch an investigation, a media report said on Thursday.
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"Baseless": India Denies Reports Of Influencing Lanka Presidential Polls
India on Wednesday categorically denied media reports that New Delhi is making efforts at the political level to influence leaders in Sri Lanka regarding elections in the Parliament for the post of the Sri Lankan President.
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Ahead Of Vote, Sri Lanka's Opposition Leader Makes An Appeal To PM Modi
Ahead of the big vote in Sri Lanka, in which the parliament will elect a new president, Leader of Opposition Sajith Premadasa has made a request to India to keep supporting the island nation irrespective of who is elected to the top post.
