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May 12 2024 May 12, 2024 April 6, 2026 NoComment 4:58 pm
Sri Lanka Freedom Party - SLFP logo

Wijeyadasa appointed SLFP Chairman, Keerthi appointed Acting General Secretary

May 12, 2024 - 4:58 pm

Former Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has stepped down as the Chairman of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP).

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May 12 2024 May 12, 2024 April 6, 2026 NoComment 11:07 am
Handcuffs - Arrest by Police

Sri Lankan tutor arrested for sharing O/L English paper

May 12, 2024 - 11:07 am

Sri Lanka Police reported that this morning (May 12), they arrested a tutor from the Katugastota area in Kandy for sharing the General English question paper of the GCE Ordinary Level (O/L) exam on WhatsApp.

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May 12 2024 May 12, 2024 April 6, 2026 NoComment 10:50 am
Tharshan Selvarajah

Sri Lankan Baker Tharshan Selvarajah joins Olympic torch relay in France

May 12, 2024 - 10:50 am

As the Olympic flame touched down in France from Greece, excitement brewed for the relay involving 10,000 torchbearers, each representing diverse stories of achievement.

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May 12 2024 May 12, 2024 April 6, 2026 NoComment 10:43 am
Taranjit Singh Sandhu

Former Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Joins BJP, Contests Lok Sabha Election

May 12, 2024 - 10:43 am

Former Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Taranjit Singh Sandhu, has joined India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and is contesting in the elections.

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May 11 2024 May 11, 2024 April 6, 2026 NoComment 4:41 pm
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Debt owed by Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh to China rise to record levels: Data

May 11, 2024 - 4:41 pm

Debt owed by various countries, especially in South Asia and Africa, to China has multiplied in recent years.

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May 11 2024 May 11, 2024 April 6, 2026 NoComment 12:02 pm
Tourists looking at Sigiriya in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka welcomes over 800,000 tourists in May

May 11, 2024 - 12:02 pm

The tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka crossed the 800,000 mark in May, which is two months earlier than in 2023 when achieving the milestone.

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May 10 2024 May 10, 2024 April 6, 2026 NoComment 2:36 pm
Diana Gamage

Supreme Court postpones Diana Gamage’s party expulsion case

May 10, 2024 - 2:36 pm

The Supreme Court has ordered that the petition filed by former State Minister Diana Gamage challenging a decision taken by the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) to expel her from party membership be heard on May 28, 2024.

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May 10 2024 May 10, 2024 April 6, 2026 NoComment 11:28 am
Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe and Basil Rajapaksa

Ranil Wickremesinghe & Basil Rajapaksa continue political future talks

May 10, 2024 - 11:28 am

President Ranil Wickremesinghe and Founder of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Basil Rajapaksa met for their sixth round of talks on Thursday evening (May 09), discussing future political affairs.

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May 10 2024 May 10, 2024 April 6, 2026 NoComment 10:04 am
Mujibur Rahuman sworn in as a Member of Parliament

Mujibur Rahuman sworn in as MP

May 10, 2024 - 10:04 am

Mujibur Rahuman was sworn in as a Member of Parliament before Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena today (May 10).

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May 09 2024 May 9, 2024 April 6, 2026 NoComment 9:21 pm
Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe

Sri Lanka President highlights economic progress and future challenges

May 9, 2024 - 9:21 pm

Addressing the Parliament of Sri Lanka today (May 09), President Ranil Wickremesinghe provided a comprehensive overview of the country’s economic journey over the past two years.

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May 09 2024 May 9, 2024 April 6, 2026 NoComment 7:24 pm
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Special unit formed to track Sri Lankan citizens deployed in Russia-Ukraine conflict

May 9, 2024 - 7:24 pm

Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Defence has announced the establishment of a special unit to gather information on the human trafficking of retired Sri Lankan military personnel to the Russia-Ukraine war through illegal channels.

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May 09 2024 May 9, 2024 April 6, 2026 NoComment 2:32 pm
Election Commission of Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka’s Presidential Election scheduled for day between September 17 and October 16

May 9, 2024 - 2:32 pm

The Election Commission of Sri Lanka has announced that the 2024 Presidential election will be held between September 17 and October 16, 2024.

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May 09 2024 May 9, 2024 April 6, 2026 NoComment 12:51 pm
Diana Gamage

Court imposes foreign travel ban on Diana Gamage

May 9, 2024 - 12:51 pm

The Colombo Magistrate’s Court issued a restraining order today (May 09) against former Minister of State Diana Gamage, preventing her from traveling abroad.

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May 09 2024 May 9, 2024 April 6, 2026 NoComment 11:54 am
Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe

President sets deadline for Bingiriya industrial zone development

May 9, 2024 - 11:54 am

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe directed relevant officials to ensure the completion of infrastructure development in the Bingiriya Industrial Zone by the end of the year 2024.

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May 09 2024 May 9, 2024 April 6, 2026 NoComment 11:33 am
Parliament of Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka’s Election Commission informed of vacant MP seat in Parliament

May 9, 2024 - 11:33 am

The Secretary-General of the Parliament of Sri Lanka has informed the Election Commission that a parliamentary seat in the Ninth Parliament became vacant on May 8, 2024, due to the cancellation of Member of Parliament Diana Gamage’s seat.

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May 09 2024 May 9, 2024 April 6, 2026 NoComment 9:44 am
Mahinda Deshapriya

No legal barrier for non Sri Lankans to register political parties – Mahinda Deshapriya

May 9, 2024 - 9:44 am

There is no legal barrier for non-citizens to register a political party, former Chairman of the Election Commission of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Deshapriya, said to the Daily Mirror newspaper on Wednesday (May 08).

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