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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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In Sri Lanka’s hill country, expectations low ahead of presidential polls

August 28, 2024 admin

“There is little to look forward to in Sri Lanka,” says Kathir*, who will board a plane to Dubai later this month for an electrical maintenance job, leaving behind his parents, wife and two children. “There’s no other option,” says the 35-year-old, who paid 4,00,000 SLR (roughly ₹1,11,500) to an agent to get on a…

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Ranil Wickremesinghe to contest presidential polls as independent candidate, says aide

July 7, 2024 admin

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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