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News Sri Lanka » Government: The Policies of Sri Lanka’s New Government: a Historic Opportunity Lost

News channel or source: https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/02/19/the-policies-of-sri-lankas-new-government-a-historic-opportunity-lost/

Published on: Tuesday 18 February 2025

On the right, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, President of Sri Lanka. On the left, Dr. S. Jaishankar, India’s Minister of External Affairs. Photo: MEAphotogallery, Flickr, CC, Can you give us a quick ...

News Sri Lanka » Government: Sri Lanka protests set to topple the government: Why it happened and what comes next?

News channel or source: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sri-lanka-news-protests-topple-president-how-and-why-and-what-comes-next/

Published on: Monday 11 July 2022

Thousands of protesters were refusing to budge from the official residences of Sri Lanka's president and its prime minister on Monday, having occupied both homes for days. A wave of national outrage ...

News Sri Lanka » Government: Professor Keethaponcalan on Sri Lanka’s New Government

News channel or source: https://thediplomat.com/2024/11/professor-keethaponcalan-on-sri-lankas-new-government/

Published on: Sunday 17 November 2024

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake with Cabinet members of the National People’s Power government soon after their swearing in at the Presidential Secretariat, Colombo, Sri Lanka, November ...

News Sri Lanka » Government: Sri Lanka Government Develops Cold Feet, Calls Off Local Elections

News channel or source: https://thediplomat.com/2023/02/sri-lanka-government-develops-cold-feet-calls-off-local-elections/

Published on: Monday 20 February 2023

Fearing that it will be routed in elections, the ruling party unleashed a propaganda campaign to convince people that elections amid the economic crisis are a bad idea. On February 20, Sri Lanka’s ...

News Sri Lanka » Government: Sri Lanka's government announces significant cuts in fuel prices amid economic crisis

News channel or source: https://www.foxnews.com/world/sri-lankas-government-announces-significant-cuts-fuel-prices-economic-crisis

Published on: Wednesday 29 March 2023

Sri Lanka’s government on Wednesday announced significant cuts in fuel prices, providing welcome relief for many after a year of shortages and skyrocketing prices amid the country’s worst economic ...

News Sri Lanka » Government: Sri Lanka’s president says government will not oppose bill to decriminalize homosexuality

News channel or source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/sri-lanka-president-says-government-210321074.html

Published on: Tuesday 13 September 2022

President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who took office in July, said Sunday that the Sri Lankan government would not oppose the motion to decriminalize consensual sexual relations between same-sex couples in ...

News Sri Lanka » Government: Sri Lanka eyes unified cyber defenses against rising identity fraud threats

News channel or source: https://www.biometricupdate.com/202606/sri-lanka-eyes-unified-cyber-defenses-against-rising-identity-fraud-threats

Published on: Tuesday 02 June 2026

The initiative comes as the country advances the Sri Lanka Unique Digital Identity (SL-UDI) program and broader digital transformation efforts.

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