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Learn about the candidates, electoral system, and background of the 2024 Sri Lankan presidential election, scheduled for 21 September 2024. Incumbent President Ranil Wickremesinghe is running for re-election as an independent candidate, along with other prominent figures such as Sajith Premadasa and Namal Rajapaksa.
COLOMBO (Reuters) -Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake and opposition leader Sajith Premadasa headed to a run-off for Sri Lanka's presidency on Sunday, the election body said, with a second ...
Left-leaning politician Anura Kumara Dissanayake has won Sri Lanka’s presidential election after a historic second round of counting. No candidate won more than 50% of the total votes in the ...
The Nine Arch Bridge is a viaduct bridge in Sri Lanka that was built in 1919 by local labor under British supervision. It was designed to accommodate a challenging curve and gradient, and used concrete and sand-cement blocks for arch support and facing.
Provincial governments of Sri Lanka are the devolved governments of the nine Provinces of Sri Lanka.In accordance with the Sri Lankan constitution, provinces have legislative power over a variety of matters including agriculture, education, health, housing, local government, planning, road transport and social services.
A table of the seven presidents of Sri Lanka since 1972, with their names, birth and death dates, home provinces, terms of office, political parties, and other details. The current president is Maithripala Sirisena, who was elected in 2015.
Consequently, he was able to form a new UNF government and sworn as the 17th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka on 9 December 2001. [30] However, Chandrika Kumaratunga still remained the president of the country. This led to a confusing situation where the President and the Prime Minister were from two opposite parties. [31]
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