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Sri Lanka elected Anura Kumara Dissanayake as its new president on September 21, marking the first time in the country’s history that a candidate outside the two major political parties has won ...
A lawmaker said all opposition parties combined could easily muster the 113 members needed to show a majority in Parliament, at which point they will request a new government.
Sri Lankan president Anura Kumara Dissanayake holds a rally in Dehiowita, Sri Lanka, on September 17, 2024. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara / AFP via Getty Images) 2024 general election in comparison ...
Sri Lankan president, prime minister agree to step down after massive protests 00:25. Colombo, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka's opposition political parties were meeting Sunday to agree on a new ...
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A weekend of political chaos in Sri Lanka stretched into Monday, with opposition leaders yet to agree on replacements for embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his ...
Political vacuum besets Sri Lanka after toppling of president and prime minister. ... What we need today is an all-party government, and we will take steps to establish that,” Wickremesinghe said.
Sri Lanka, an island of 22 million people, continues to be in the grip of its worst economic and political crisis since independence on 10 February 1948.
Sri Lanka's parliament elects a new president on Wednesday to replace Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who last week fled to Singapore and resigned following months of protests over the country's financial ...
A 24-member delegation of young political leaders from Sri Lanka met Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri here on Wednesday to discuss the ''deepening'' partnership with India.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka's opposition political parties were meeting Sunday to agree on a new government a day after the country's president and prime minister offered to resign in the ...