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Sri Lanka’s Opposition wears black in Parliament to protest politician’s murder

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Sri Lanka’s Opposition wears black in Parliament to protest politician’s murder

SJB legislator Mujibar Rahman. Videograb: YouTube/Parliamnet of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka’s main Opposition Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) on Thursday (October 23, 2025) wore black in Parliament to protest what it termed the government’s insensitive response to the killing of one of its local council chairmen. Lasantha Wickramasekera, who headed the Weligama local authority in the…

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The stakes in Sri Lanka’s ninth Presidential election

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The stakes in Sri Lanka’s ninth Presidential election

A Sri Lankan polling officer carries a ballot box as he leaves for his designated polling booth in Colombo on September 20, 2024, on the eve of the country’s presidential election. | Photo Credit: AP Sri Lanka’s ninth Presidential election, which is slated for September 21, is being held under strange circumstances for more than…

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