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1539. The elite Special Task Force (STF) have heightened security in Colombo, Weligama and Ella as well, a day after the US Embassy in Colombo gave a warning of a possible terror threat in...
Party of Sri Lanka's new Marxist-leaning ... - Associated Press News
23 hours ago · COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The party of Sri Lanka’s new Marxist-leaning President Anura Kumara Dissanayake took a large lead Friday in early results from the parliamentary elections, in an apparent solid mandate for his program for economic revival. Dissanayake’s National People’s Power Party won 15 of the 22 electoral districts whose ...
Sri Lanka votes in a parliamentary election that’s key for its new ...
2 days ago · COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankans are voting in a parliamentary election Thursday that is key for the country’s new, Marxist-leaning president to consolidate his party’s power and follow through on promises of economic recovery.. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake won the presidential election on Sept. 21 in a victory that marked a rejection of the traditional political parties ...
Sri Lanka president’s party headed for landslide in snap elections ...
1 day ago · COLOMBO – New Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s party was set for a landslide victory in snap legislative elections, initial results showed on Nov 15. With more than half the ...
Sri Lanka closes schools as floods hammer the capital | AP News
Sri Lanka has closed schools in its capital, Colombo, and its suburbs as heavy rains triggered floods in many parts of the island nation.
Sri Lanka Counts Parliament Votes as Leader Seeks to Boost Power
2 days ago · Outside a polling station ahead of the voting in Sri Lanka's parliamentary election in Colombo on Nov. 14. Sri Lanka holds its first parliamentary elections since the victory of its outsider ...
Sri Lanka latest updates: PM asks speaker to choose new leader - Al Jazeera
Jul 13, 2022 · A senior member of the governing Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna party (SLPP) has called for an immediate resolution to the current crisis brewing in Colombo by proceeding to elect a new president...
Sri Lanka's protest movement toppled a president. Then came the ...
Sep 15, 2022 · As he toured the president's palatial Colombo home with his phone, the 25-year-old's videos started going viral. It was the peak of the protest movement's power. After months of calls for his resignation, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa quit the presidency and fled the country.