Politics
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The Staff | January 18, 2015
Prime Minister : New govt accepts 13 A, will engage with UNHRC
In an interview with the Indian network NDTV, Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe said that the new governing coalition...
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The Staff | January 17, 2015
Think Tank : Populist measures of new govt could cost Rs 200 bn
Pathfinder foundation, a pro-market think tank has warned that the populist measures put down under President Sirisena’s manifesto...
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The Staff | January 11, 2015
SLFP Splits : 21MPs Supports President Maithri. Others with Mahinda
The Sri Lanka Freedom Party faced a major split in it’s parliamentary group today as a faction that...
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The Staff | January 8, 2015
Sri Lanka Elections : Registered voters Heatmap
We’ve done a heatmap to breakdown the distribution of votes in Sri Lanka. The most number of voters...
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The Staff | January 8, 2015
3 Maps to understand Sri Lanka’s Minority-Majority divide in today’s vote
As personalities, both President Mahinda Rajapaksa and common candidate Maithripala Sirisena appeals to the same rural Sinhala vote...
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The Staff | January 7, 2015
Opposition runs through nightmare scenarios
“President and his family, doesn’t seem ready to go out of power”. Former President Chandrika Bandaranake told BBC’s...
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The Staff | January 7, 2015
Ceylon Chamber of Commerce : Economic growth needs to be broad-based
The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce in a special press release targeting the presidential election said that economic growth...
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The Staff | January 5, 2015
Crossover Drama set to reach it’s grand finale
The unfolding crossover drama is all set for a climatic season finale when the campaigning officially ends Monday at midnight....
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The Staff | January 5, 2015
Cabraal: Sri Lanka can be a $163 billion economy by 2020
Governor of the Central Bank, Ajith Nivard Cabraal has said that due to the stable policy framework of...
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The Staff | January 3, 2015
Harsha : Development priorities are ‘completely wrong’
UNP’s economic spokesperson Harsha de Silva has told a local Daily newspaper that a future Maithripala administration would...
