Sri Lankan president seeks party win in parliamentary election to help him push his economic reforms
The Marxist-leaning Dissanayake won the presidential election on Sept ... The government also slashed taxes in 2019, depleting the treasury just as the virus hit. Foreign exchange reserves plummeted, leaving Sri Lanka unable to pay for imports or defend ...
Rumble in Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Election Surprise
Uditha Devapriya and Umesh Moramudali on Sri Lanka’s ongoing political realignment.
Factbox-How Sri Lanka elects its new parliament
Sri Lanka will vote in a snap general election on Thursday, called by new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to secure a majority in parliament to back his policies in the island nation struggling to recover from a crushing financial crisis.
Sri Lankans to vote for change in parliamentary election
STORY: Sudath Kumara and his wife Nilmini live in a house illegally built on state-owned land in Sri Lanka.They have nowhere else to go, they say, and could be evicted at any moment.Kumara blames the previous administration for his dire financial situation.
Sri Lanka set to vote for new parliament as president seeks majority for reforms
Strong support that Dissanayake secured in the presidential election will likely stay with his party in Thursday’s election, analysts say
Sri Lanka To Vote For Parliament On Nov 14
All eyes are on the general elections in Sri Lanka as the campaign for the polls ended last night. The island nation has now moved into a silent period, during which all campaign activities are prohibited until election day.
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Sri Lanka election 2024: Who could be the next president, what’s at stake?
is the current leader of opposition in Sri Lanka’s parliament. A longtime rival of Wickremasinghe when they both belonged ...
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Sri Lanka presidential election 2019
A Gotabaya Rajapaksa presidency will have serious repercussions for both Sri Lanka’s internal governance as well as its international partnerships.
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Marxist Dissanayake wins Sri Lanka's election as voters reject old guard
Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake won Sri Lanka’s presidential election ... who won just over 3% of votes in a previous presidential election in 2019. His National People’s Power ...
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Marxist Dissanayake leads early vote count in Sri Lanka's presidential election
who won just over 3% of votes in a previous presidential election in 2019, and suggests voters are fatigued with the old political guard, which has been accused of pushing Sri Lanka toward ...
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Sri Lanka's new president calls a parliamentary election for November to consolidate his mandate
His victory in Saturday’s election over ex-President ... which along with 2019 terrorism attacks devastated its important tourism industry. Sri Lanka’s politics have mostly been dominated ...
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Voting for Sri Lanka's presidential election kicks off
COLOMBO: (Bernama-Xinhua) Voting for the presidential election in Sri Lanka kicked off on Saturday ... who won the presidential election in November 2019, resigned from the post in July 2022 ...
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Sri Lanka: Presidential Election To Be Held On September 21
Sri Lanka will hold the presidential poll ... elected with a record near 7 million votes in November 2019 when the last presidential election was held. Tens of thousands, who took to the ...