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COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sajith Premadasa, the leader of Sri Lanka's main opposition party, is a frontrunner in Saturday's presidential election and a win will hand him the top job more than 30 years ...
Unlike past elections in Sri Lanka, the economy is front and centre in this one. Holding her four-year-old son Nehan, Rangika Munasinghe laments the higher taxes she now pays.
June 3, 2024 at 1:23 AM. COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka closed schools on Monday as heavy rain triggered floods and mudslides in many parts of the island nation, leaving at least 10 people ...
The 2024 Sri Lankan presidential election is scheduled to be held on 21 September 2024, where voters will choose a president for a five-year term. [2] [3] Incumbent President Ranil Wickremesinghe is seeking re-election as an independent candidate, making him the first sitting president to run for re-election since Mahinda Rajapaksa in 2015.
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. The anti-government sentiment across various parts of Sri ...
The 2022 Sri Lankan protests, commonly known as Aragalaya (Sinhala: අරගලය, lit. 'The Struggle'), were a series of mass protests that began in March 2022 against the government of Sri Lanka. The government was heavily criticized for mismanaging the Sri Lankan economy, which led to a subsequent economic crisis involving severe inflation ...
But since Sri Lanka introduced the universal franchise in 1931, the number of women in parliament has never crossed a threshold of 7%. Today, they are just 5.3% of its 225 members, and ...
The List of newspapers in Sri Lanka lists every daily and non-daily news publication currently operating in Sri Lanka. The list includes information on whether it is distributed daily or non-daily, and who publishes it.