Polls Watch 1
President Chandrika Kumaratungas United Peoples Freedom Alliance is still leading Fridays polls, however, her party may still fall short of an absolute …
Economy
Delayed Feed
Sri Lankas final election results could be held up for a week pending a fresh poll in two areas affected by vote rigging, a top election official told …
Ready To Rule
President Chandrika Kumaratungas party is ready to form a new government even if it did not garner a simple majority in parliamentary elections, her spokesman …
Communal Living
Sri Lanka will have a coalition government as no party secured a clear majority in just concluded parliamentary elections, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe …
Early Lead
President Chandrika Kumaratungas United Peoples Freedom Alliance (UPFA) was leading in early returns Saturday in parliamentary elections, which saw Sri Lankans …
Edging Ahead
President Chandrika Kumaratungas United Peoples Freedom Alliance (UPFA) has so far secured just over 47 percent of the votes at Fridays parliamentary poll.The …
Third Umpire
Come Friday over 4,000 monitors and 20 international observers will take up positions all islandwide to take note of another Sri Lanka election at the cost of …
Power Play
The power game is far from over and will continue to play itself out after Fridays general election, say political analysts. rnrnAfter months of uncertainly …
Pen Sketches
President Chandrika Kumaratunga and Tamil Tiger guerrilla leader Velupillai Prabhakaran are not candidates in the poll, but their reputations and political …
Tight Finish
Sri Lanka votes Friday in an election that was meant to end a power struggle but is now widely expected to return a hung parliament that could further …
Revised Edition
A new constitution for Sri Lanka through lquote extra legal measures is the answer, says the UPFA endash but political analysts look at it as lquote out of the …
Decisive Bunch
rnrnHNB rnStockbrokers Head of Research Hasitha Premaratna arrives at his conclusion on rnthree scenarios based on the districts bagged by each party.rn …
Two-Year Disinflation
Seasonal consumer price inflation in March fell by 0.8 per cent in March after falling by 0. online pharmacy buy diflucan with best prices today in the USA 7 …
Steady Flow
Trade deficit for January grew US$ 4 mn to US$ 152 mn in 2004, as foreign inflows from tourism, ports, private transfers and net inflows of portfolio …
Saffron Revolution
Cultural pollution such as Coca-Cola and McDonalds will be spurned if the monks campaigning for this weeks elections in Sri Lanka have their way. buy symbicort …
In A Spot
Sri Lankans are still keen to keep the peace process intact, though the rising cost of living still troubles the voting public, as the country heads for a snap …
Cry For Peace
His conflict with the president may have pushed Sri Lanka into early elections on April, 2, but Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe says he would rather talk …
Waiting Game
The Banks country director, Peter Harrold, said the relatively peaceful run-up to the April 2 vote had been a blessing, but an outbreak of post-election …
Taming The Tiger
Sri Lankas political groups enter next weeks elections vowing to bring the Tamil Tigers back to the table, but the parties are poles apart on how to end …
Victim Of Peace
The man who is seeking re-election as Sri Lankas prime minister at April 2 polls halted an ethnic war raging for decades, but his handling of the peace process …