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1 – 7 of 7President Ranil Wickremesinghe was prime minister and acting leader when he announced the restrictions. Gotabaya Rajapaksa had days earlier resigned as president in the face of…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB272297
ISSN: 2633-304X
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The Election Commission of Sri Lanka (ECSL) confirmed on February 24 that the polls would not be held on March 9 as planned. A day earlier, President Ranil Wickremesinghe claimed…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB276375
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SRI LANKA: Opposition will ride populist wave
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES244313
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SRI LANKA: IMF move shows extent of crisis
This came after Sirisena dissolved the National Unity Government (NUG) that included his Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and Wickremesinghe’s United National Party (UNP). Sirisena…
SRI LANKA: Anti-government protests will grow
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES268354
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Sri Lanka's stalling constitutional reforms and Tamil politics.