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Sri Lanka: Two names nominated as Deputy Speaker in Parliament
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 15 (ANI): Amidst a severe political crisis in Sri Lanka, two names have been proposed to fill the vacancy of the position of the Deputy Speaker in the Sri Lankan Parliament.
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Sri Lanka: Deputy Speaker Ranjith Siyambalapitiya to resigns his post
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 7 (ANI): As the ongoing protests in Sri Lanka against the Rajapaksa government continue, MP Ranjith Siyambalapitiya, who was re-elected as the Deputy Speaker of the Sri Lankan Parliament, decided to resign from his post.
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Sri Lanka: MPs trapped inside Parliament amid students protest
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 6 (ANI): As the ongoing protests of university students in Sri Lanka near the Parliament continue, the parliamentarians of Sri Lanka are trapped inside the Parliament premises, unable to leave.
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Roads near Sri Lankan Parliament made out of bounds for public amid protes
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 5 (ANI): Police have closed down the roads near Sri Lankan Parliament for the public for the days when the House will be in the session amid unabated anti-government protests following the unprecedented economic crisis in the island nation.
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Crucial Lankan Parliamentary session underway amid no-confidence motions a
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 4 (ANI): Amid the ongoing economic crisis, the underway Sri Lankan parliamentary session stands crucial as the two no-confidence motions against the President and the government by the opposition Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) are likely to be taken up.
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Sri Lankan Parliament to convene from April 19
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 9 (ANI): Amid one of the worst economic crisis in the country and a national emergency in force Sri Lankan parliament is scheduled to convene on April 19.
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Massive protests outside Sri Lankan Parliament amid economic crisis
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 5 (ANI): Amid the ongoing economic crisis in the country, Sri Lanka witnessed massive protests outside its Parliament on Tuesday, with people demanding the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa.
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Sri Lanka's two main oppn parties reject President's request to form all-p
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 4 (ANI): Sri Lanka's two main opposition parties, Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) and Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) have rejected President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's request to form an all-party interim government, said Sajith Premdasa, Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Sri
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India must tell its own story, says Jamaican MP
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 1 (ANI): Member of Sri Lankan Parliament Jeevan Kumaravel who is part of a delegation from eight countries that has arrived in India to see the functioning of Indian democracy said that he observed that farmers are given first importance in the country.
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Port City Colombo to become a gateway to South Asia
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo (Sri Lanka), May 28 (ANI/PRNewswire): The newly reclaimed land of 269 hectares in the heart of the Colombo Business District in Sri Lanka has been identified as a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) by the Sri Lankan Parliament, paving the way for the creation of an International Business an
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Sri Lankan Parliament to debate China-backed Port City Bill next week
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 14 (ANI): The Sri Lankan Parliament is set to discuss the controversial Colombo Port City Economic Commission Bill, in the special parliamentary sittings next week.
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Lankan MP criticises govt for buying Chinese COVID-19 vaccine not approved
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 6 (ANI): Amid the controversy surrounding the Sinopharm vaccine, a Sri Lankan parliamentarian has said that Colombo has brought the Chinese made COVID-19 vaccine to the country without the approval of the World Health Organisation (WHO) showing disregard for the li
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