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New Delhi: Anura Kumara Dissanayake – Sri Lanka’s new Marxist President – has said he wants to avoid being “sandwiched” between India and China but recognises each as a “valued partner”, as he tries to resolve a financial crisis that has roiled his country since 2019 and led to a sovereign default in April 2022….
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…
A couple walks past an election poster showing a portrait of Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, September 16, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP A group of election observers from the European Union and the Commonwealth have arrived in Sri Lanka to monitor the presidential election on Saturday (September 21, 2024)….
The campaigning ended at midnight on Wednesday, 48 hours before election day. The people of Sri Lanka are set to vote for a new president on Saturday in an election that will be key in deciding the future reforms in the country that is reeling under an unprecedented economic crisis. More than 17 million Sri…
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Anura Kumara Dissanayake, presidential candidate of Opposition political party National People’s Power. File | Photo Credit: AP The Marxist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) on Monday (September 16, 2024) vowed to cancel the Adani Group’s wind power project in Sri Lanka if it gets elected in the presidential election scheduled for the weekend. JVP leader Anura…
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Sri Lanka’s opening Test against New Zealand at Galle next month will be a six-day affair with the provision of a rest day owing to the Presidential election in the island nation. File | Photo Credit: AP Sri Lanka’s opening Test against New Zealand at Galle next month will be a six-day affair with the…
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President Ranil Wickremesinghe gestures as he arrives at the Election Commission in Rajagiriya to submit his nomination papers for the upcoming Presidential election, scheduled for September 21, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on August 15, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe, the front runner in the Presidential poll scheduled for next month,…
Chief of Sri Lanka’s election commission R.M.A.L. Rathnayake addresses the media. File | Photo Credit: AP Sri Lanka will hold a presidential election on September 21 that will likely be a test of confidence in President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s efforts to resolve the country’s worst economic crisis. The date was announced in a decree the independent…
President of Sri Lanka Ranil Wickremesinghe. | Photo Credit: PTI Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe will contest the Presidential election as an independent candidate, his aide said on July 7. Deputy Chairman of the United National Party Ruwan Wijewardene confirmed that the presidential election will definitely be held and Mr. Wickremesinghe, 75, will contest the…
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The Tamil National Alliance has proposed to field a Tamil candidate, R Sampanthan said (File) Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Tamil political parties are planning to field a candidate from the minority community in the presidential election to present a credible and acceptable political solution for them, a senior community leader said. Sri Lanka is scheduled to…
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