05/01/2010
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Himal Southasian
How will the April election results affect the prospects for sustainable peace in Sri Lanka?
04/23/2010
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DBS Jeyaraj
Whenever demands or proposals are put forward to devolve more powers so that the Tamil and Muslim people of the Northern and Eastern Provinces could have a greater role in administering their areas of historic habitation one of the standard responses is to point out that more Tamils and Muslims live outside those two provinces.
04/20/2010
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BBC
A Colombo municipal worker sweeps as a boy looks on under the poster of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, April 9, 2010.
Turnout was low during the elections
Repeat polls for Sri Lanka's April parliamentary elections are being held in two districts where the ballots were annulled because of violence.
04/18/2010
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The Sunday Leader
A gang in Nawalapitiya attacked UNP Kandy District candidate Mano Ganeshan’s convoy of vehicles last Friday, leading to a clash between the two parties involved, resulting in the damage of several vehicles, and people sustaining minor injuries.
04/18/2010
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The Sunday Leader
The people of the district of Nuwara Eliya were robbed of their sovereignty in the most brazen and perverse manner at the General Election held on 8th April 2010.
04/15/2010
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AFP
COLOMBO — US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has urged Sri Lanka to respect human rights and heal its communal divisions as the island emerges from decades of ethnic bloodshed.
04/15/2010
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The Economist
A SUPERSTITIOUS man, Sri Lanka’s president, Mahinda Rajapaksa, once had a popular astrologer arrested for foretelling his downfall. Such insecurity seems unjustified. After defeating Sarath Fonseka, his former army commander, by 2m votes in a presidential poll in January, Mr Rajapaksa’s ruling alliance swept the general election on April 8th so decisively that its hold on parliament seems unassailable. Counting the rout of the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam last May, commentators have taken to labelling this latest victory a presidential hat-trick.
04/10/2010
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Reuters
COLOMBO, April 10 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa promised progress toward reconciliation and development on Saturday, the day after his ruling alliance won a legislative majority that leaves him firmly in control of the nation.
04/09/2010
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Reuters
(Reuters) - Sri Lanka's ruling alliance was confident of a sweeping victory as it took an early and expected lead in parliamentary elections on Friday, but it said it may miss the two-thirds majority needed to amend the constitution.
Sri Lanka Elections Commissioner stops counting of votes from several polling booths in Nawalapitiya
04/09/2010
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ColomboPage
Apr 09, Colombo: Sri Lanka Elections Commissioner Dayananda Dishanayake has called on the Kandy District Secretary to stop counting of votes cast in 12 polling centers in the Nawalapitiya area of the Kandy District.