Colombo, April 20 – Voting began Tuesday in two districts of Sri Lanka where polls were cancelled due to irregularities during parliamentary elections held on April 8, officials said.
The re-vote is being held in the Central Nawalapitiya electorate and in the northeastern Trincomalee district.
In Nawalapitiya, a minister of the ruling party was allegedly involved in

Colombo, April 10 – Hailing the victory of Sri Lanka’s ruling coalition, the US has urged President Mahinda Rajapksa to go for national reconciliation promised during the election campaign.
A statement from the US embassy congratulated Rajapaksa and the United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) ‘for their historic victory in the first nationwide parliamentary election in decades.

Colombo, April 10 – Sri Lanka’s President Mahinda Rajapaksa, who also heads the ruling United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) which recorded a resounding victory in parliamentary elections, Saturday thanked voters for the strong mandate.
‘I had requested all Sri Lankans to elect a strong parliament that could face any international challenge and accordingly a distinguished, historic

Colombo, April 9 – Sri Lanka’s ruling party, led by President Mahinda Rajapaksa, won the first parliamentary elections held since last year’s end of the country’s 26-year civil war, election officials said Friday.
With some votes yet to be counted from Thursday’s elections, Rajapaksa’s United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) had taken 117 seats, already a majority

Colombo, April 9 – The ruling party in Sri Lanka, led by President Mahinda Rajapaksa, won the first parliamentary elections held since last year’s defeat of Tamil separatist rebels and the end of the country’s 26-year civil war, election officials said Friday.
With some votes yet to be counted from Thursday’s elections, Rajapaksa’s United People’s Freedom

Colombo, April 8 – Voting in Sri Lanka’s parliamentary elections has ended with a record low turnout compared to previous national elections, officials said Thursday.
As polls closed at 4 p.m. (1030 GMT) only an average of 55 percent of registered voters had turned up at the more than 10,000 polling stations throughout the country. Polling

Colombo, April 8 – General elections began in Sri Lanka Thursday, two months after President Mahinda Rajapaksa was re-elected with a sweeping margin against his rival and former army chief Sarath Fonseka.
More than 14.08 crore people will choose 225 legislators among 7,620 contestants, election officials said. There are 11,000 polling stations across the country.
People are