Sri Lanka Polls
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Sri Lanka: President Gotabaya Rajapaksa declares victory for his party in parliamentary polls
The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna won 145 of the 225 seats in Parliament, and five more seats from its allies, thus giving it an exact two-thirds majority.
Scroll Staff
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Sri Lanka presidential election: Gunmen fire at buses carrying Muslim voters, no casualties
The Easter Sunday attacks in April sharpened tensions between majority Sinhalese and minority Muslims in the island nation.
Scroll Staff
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A battle for survival: Former President Rajapaksa is back in the fray, uniting the opposition
It is a last ditch battle for the former president and his family, facing not just corruption allegations, but also potential murder charges.
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