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Sri Lanka presidential polls: Rajapaksa claims victory as Premadasa conced
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 17 (ANI): Gotabaya Rajapaksa has claimed victory in the Sri Lankan presidential polls and his main opponent Sajith Premadasa of the ruling United National Party has conceded defeat, even as the official results are yet to be announced.
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Sri Lanka's ruling UNP declares Sajith Premadasa as its presidential candi
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Sept 26 (ANI): Ending weeks of uncertainty, Sri Lanka's ruling United National Party (UNP) on Thursday declared its deputy leader Sajith Premadasa as its presidential candidate for the elections scheduled to be held on November 16.
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SL: PM Wickremesinghe to establish new political alliance soon
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Jan 23 (ANI): Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe stated that the new political alliance National Democratic Front led by the United National Party will be set up within the next two weeks.
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Sri Lanka: Collegial leadership in talks for new UNP-led front
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Dec 31 (ANI): A collegial leadership of ten members has been tabled for the new political front to be formed by the United National Party (UNP).
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Sri Lanka: Wickremesinghe takes oath as Prime Minister
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Dec 16 (ANI): United National Party (UNP) leader Ranil Wickremesinghe was swore-in as the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka on Sunday.
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Rajapaksha accuses UNP for delaying elections, destroying Lankan economy
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Dec 15 (ANI): Shortly after the disputed Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksha resigned from his post, he targeted Ranil Wickeremsinghe-led United National Party (UNP) for delaying the general elections to stay in power. He also accused Wickeremsinghe's government
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Ranil Wickremesinghe to take oath as Sri Lankan PM on Sunday
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Dec 15(ANI): Ranil Wickremesinghe is all set to regain his Prime Ministerial powers and will be taking oath on Sunday, a senior minister from the United National Party (UNP) confirmed on Friday.
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Sri Lanka: Sirisena vows not to appoint Wickremesinghe as PM again
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 26(ANI): President Maithripala Sirisena on Sunday asserted that he will not appoint Ranil Wickremesinghe as Prime Minister again.
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Amid Sri Lankan political turmoil, UNP to 'fast until death'
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka] Nov 21 (ANI): United National Party (UNP) General Secretary Akila Viraj Kariyawasam informed that the party will be holding a series of protests and fasts until death in order to express their disapproval against what it called an "unconstitutional instate of a new govern
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Sri Lanka: All-party meeting ends with no solution for political crisis
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 19 (ANI): The all-party meeting called by Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Sunday ended with no solution for the ongoing political crisis in the island nation.
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Sri Lanka: UNP holds protest against political crisis
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 15 (ANI): Members and supporters of United National Party (UNP) on Thursday took to streets in protest as the political and constitutional turmoil grew in Sri Lanka.
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Sri Lanka to hold general elections on Jan 5
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 10 (ANI): Amid the ongoing political crisis in the country, Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena dissolved the Parliament with effect from Friday midnight and announced that the general elections in the country would be held on January 5, 2019.
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