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September 20, 2024 at 3:03 PM. By Uditha Jayasinghe and Sudipto Ganguly. COLOMBO (Reuters) - Millions of Sri Lankans cast their votes on Saturday to select a new president who will face the task ...
Anura Kumara Dissanayake may lack the political lineage of some of his rivals, but his leftist policies to help the poor and stirring speeches have made him a leading candidate in Sri Lanka's ...
It’s the first election since the mass protests - called the “aragalaya”, Sinhalese for struggle – which were sparked by Sri Lanka’s worst economic crisis. Inflation was at 70%. Basics ...
The 2022 Sri Lankan political crisis was a political crisis in Sri Lanka due to the power struggle between President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the people of Sri Lanka. It was fueled by the anti-government protests and demonstrations by the public due to the economic crisis in the country.
Gavin Butler - BBC News. September 20, 2024 at 4:05 PM. Sri Lanka's former president fled the country in 2022 after months-long protests [Getty Images] Sri Lankans will elect a new president in ...
The 16th parliamentary election was held on 5 August 2020. [1] The incumbent Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance claimed a landslide victory in the election claiming the majority winning 145 seats, [2] [3] [4] while the newly formed Samagi Jana Balawegaya won a total of 54 seats and the National People's Power won 3 seats.
t. e. Parliamentary elections were held in Sri Lanka on 5 August 2020 to elect 225 members to Sri Lanka's 16th Parliament. [1][2][3] 16,263,885 people were eligible to vote in the election, 31.95% of whom were young voters. [4][5] The incumbent Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance coalition claimed a landslide victory in the election, winning ...
Sri Lankan housewife Lankika Dilrukshi says she is tired of the daily struggle needed to provide for her children. Dilrukshi, 31, is one of the millions of people barely able to make ends meet ...