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PM Modi Congratulates Anura Dissanayake For Victory In Sri Lankan Presidential Poll

September 22, 2024 admin

Marxist leader Anura Dissanayake was declared the winner of the Sri Lankan presidential election New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday congratulated Anura Kumara Dissanayake for his victory in the Sri Lankan presidential election. He said he looks forward to working closely with him to further strengthen the Indo-Lanka multifaceted cooperation. Marxist leader Anura…

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Sajith Premadasa gets highest share of Tamil vote in Sri Lanka polls

September 22, 2024 admin

Sajith Premadasa waves as he arrives at the election commission office in Colombo in Sri Lanka on September 22, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Sri Lanka’s Leader of Opposition Sajith Premadasa, who lost to leftist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake in Saturday’s (September 21, 2024) presidential election, garnered the highest share of the Tamil minority’s vote,…

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Who is Anura Kumara Dissanayake, the new President of Sri Lanka?

September 22, 2024 admin

“100% sure.” That is what Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Sri Lanka’s President-elect, said days before the September 21 election, when a visiting journalist asked if he could win the presidential race. His calm confidence could have had only one basis — the certainty that he embodies the change Sri Lankans emphatically want. When Mr. Dissanayake, popularly…

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Anura Kumara Dissanayake elected Sri Lanka President

September 22, 2024 admin

National People’s Power leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake secures Presidential victory in Sri Lanka Presidential election 2024 on Sunday. | Photo Credit: AP Sri Lanka’s election commission declared a previously fringe politician the country’s president-elect on Sunday (September 22, 2024) after a vote coloured by discontent over the island nation’s response to an unprecedented financial crisis….

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Presidential election 2024 passes off peacefully in Sri Lanka

September 21, 2024 admin

People wait in a queue to cast their votes at a polling center during the Presidential election on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka on Saturday (September 21, 2024). | Photo Credit: AP Sri Lankans gave their mandate to the country’s next leader in a peacefully held Presidential election on Saturday (September 21, 2024). The…

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Sri Lanka presidential election 2024: Ranil Wickremesinghe, Sajith Premadasa and Anura Kumara Dissanayake are in a close race for the country’s top office

September 21, 2024 admin

People stand in a queue to vote at a polling station during the presidential election in Colombo, Sri Lanka, September 21, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Polls opened on Saturday (September 21, 2024) in Sri Lanka’s crucial presidential election — the island nation’s first major electoral exercise since its worst economic meltdown in 2022. Some…

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Watch: Sri Lanka elections: what are the voters expecting?

September 20, 2024 admin

Sri Lanka elections: What are voters expecting? | Video Credit: The Hindu On September 21, Sri Lanka will vote for its new President. What sets this election apart from previous ones is that it’s the first since the country went through its worst economic crisis two years ago. The Janatha Argalaya, or the people’s struggle,…

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A Look At The 5 Key Candidates And What They Stand For

September 19, 2024 admin

Supporters of Sri Lanka’s president Ranil Wickremesinghe attend his final election campaign rally. Colombo: Sri Lanka, which is slowly recovering from its worst-ever economic crisis, will vote to elect the next President on Saturday. The cash-strapped island nation is currently being led by President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who is seeking a re-election to continue with bold…

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Frontrunners, What’s At Stake, Implications For India

September 18, 2024 admin

Sri Lanka’s 17 million voters will choose from among 39 candidates. The political landscape in Sri Lanka is set to change as its citizens elect a new President on Saturday. Sri Lanka’s 17 million voters will choose from among 39 candidates in the country’s first election after the people’s uprising of 2022, which led to…

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Fixing Sri Lanka’s economy, wiping out racism top priority, says JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake

September 3, 2024 admin

COLOMBO: Fixing Sri Lanka’s battered economy and wiping out racism will be top priority for a National People’s Power (NPP) government, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, among the frontrunners in the September 21 race, said on Tuesday. He spoke to The Hindu amid a hectic campaign at the headquarters of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), a…

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