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Sri Lanka’s former President Ranil Wickremesinghe is escorted by prison and police officials as he leaves the Magistrate’s Court in Colombo, Sri Lanka, August 22, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters A Sri Lankan court on Tuesday (August 26, 2025) granted bail to former President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who was in remand custody over allegations of misusing…
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Sri Lanka’s former President Ranil Wickremesinghe is escorted by prison and police officials as he leaves the Magistrate’s Court in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on August 23, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Sri Lanka’s former President Ranil Wickremesinghe was on Saturday [August 23, 2025] sent to the National Hospital from Colombo’s Magazine Prison, a day after…
Vijitha Herath receives a document from Sri Lanka’s President Anura Kumara Dissanayake after being sworn-in as Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment, and Tourism during the swearing-in ceremony of the new Cabinet in Colombo on November 18, 2024. Photo: Sri Lanka President’s Media Division via AFP On the morning of November 16, 2024, I was…
Watch: What does Dissanayake’s victory mean for Sri Lanka and India? | Realpolitik In many ways, it was a crucial election for Sri Lanka. It was the first election since President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was booted out of power by a popular uprising in July 2022. It was an election that was largely fought on economic…
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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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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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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…
Sri Lanka Polls: Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe, 75, is seeking to be re-elected. Colombo: A day before Sri Lanka votes for the next President, Ranil Wickremesinghe, who currently occupies the post spoke to NDTV. During the interview, he spoke about his country’s special bond with India and how he aims to strengthen ties, if…
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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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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