The Sri Lankan parliament consists of 225 seats, with 113 needed to form a majority government. (Sri Lanka's Department of Government Information/Handout via Xinhua)
Sri Lanka, on Sept. 21, 2024. Voting for the presidential election in Sri Lanka kicked off on Saturday, with over 17 million registered voters to elect the South Asian country's president for the next five years.(Photo by Gayan Sameera/Xinhua) ...
Sri Lanka He will be hoping to restore political stability so Sri Lanka can resume negotiations with the International Monetary Fund for a bailout package after talks stalled recently. But his election may cause further protests with opponents calling on Mr Wickremesinghe to step down. He has pr...
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The party of Sri Lanka’s newMarxist-leaning President Anura Kumara Dissanayakewon a two-thirds majority in parliament, according to official election results Friday, providing a strong mandate for his program for economic revival. Dissanayake’...
COLOMBO - Sri Lanka'sPresident Anura Kumara Dissanayakedissolved the parliament through an extraordinary gazette notification Tuesday midnight. The gazette has fixed the parliamentary election for Nov 14 and the new parliament will meet for the first time on Nov 21. ...
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka’s president has dissolved Parliament and called for elections on Jan. 5 in a bid to stave off a deepening political crisis over his d…
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka will hold a presidential election on Sept. 21 that will likely be a test of confidence in President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s efforts to resolve the country’s worst economic crisis.
Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe ceremonially declared open the fourth session of the ninth Parliament and delivered the Government Policy Statement today (February 08).
Meanwhile, Sri Lanka’s opposition leader, who is seeking the presidency, vowed to “listen to the people” and to hold Rajapaksa accountable. In an interview with The Associated Press from his office, Sajith Premadasa said that if he wins the election in Parliament, he would ensure that “...
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka--Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake won Sri Lanka’s presidential election, the Election Commission announced Sunday, after voters rejected the old political guard that has been widely accused of pushing the South Asian nation into economic ruin. ...