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Sri Lanka Election Commission Says Lacks Funds to Hold Polls
Bloomberg via Yahoo News· 1 year ago(Bloomberg) -- Sri Lanka’s election commission has instructed its lawyers to inform the Supreme...
Sri Lanka can’t even afford to hold first poll since crisis, says election commission
The Independent UK via AOL· 1 year agoA severely cash-strapped Sri Lanka lacks funds to even hold local elections scheduled for next...
Sri Lanka police fire tear gas at election protest; 15 hurt
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPolice in Sri Lanka on Sunday fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse protesters angry over a...
Sri Lanka will investigate allegations of intelligence complicity in 2019 Easter bombings
Associated Press via AOL· 8 months agoSri Lanka’s government will appoint a parliamentary committee to investigate allegations made in a...
Sri Lanka passes bill allowing government to remove online posts and legally pursue internet users
Associated Press via AOL· 3 months agoSri Lanka’s parliament on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved an internet regulation bill that was...
Sri Lanka tycoon Dhammika Perera to replace president's brother in parliament
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOne of Sri Lanka's richest businessmen will replace the president's brother in parliament, a ruling...
Sri Lanka introduces reform bill to clip presidential powers
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSri Lanka's justice minister submitted a proposed constitutional amendment to Parliament on...
Sri Lanka President Vows to Finish Term, Won’t Run for Re-Election
Bloomberg via Yahoo Finance· 2 years ago(Bloomberg) -- President Gotabaya Rajapaksa vowed to finish the remaining two years in his term...
Sri Lanka's Election Commission appoints Wajira Abeywardena to vacant MP seat
Reuters via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoJuly 22 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's Election Commission on Friday appointed Wajira Abeywardena as a member of Parliament to fill the seat left vacant after Ranil Wickremesinghe was elected president ...
Sri Lanka Passes Controversial Law to Police Online Content
Bloomberg via Yahoo Finance· 3 months ago(Bloomberg) -- Sri Lanka’s parliament has passed a law that grants the government sweeping powers to...