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Sri Lanka votes today to pick President after economic crisis; Wickremesinghe faces tough challenge in election triangle
Cash-strapped Sri Lanka began voting for its next president on Saturday, effectively turning the election into a referendum on the International Monetary Fund's unpopular austerity plan implemented following the country’s severe financial crisis.
Sri Lankan President Wickremesinghe's reelection bid hinges on economy
President Ranil Wickremesinghe charted a path for Sri Lanka out of its worst financial crisis in decades, but the austerity measures that were key to this recovery may hinder his bid to return to his job in Saturday's presidential election.
Dissanayake in lead to become Sri Lanka's president, Wickremesinghe in third place
About 75 per cent of the eligible 17 million people in Sri Lanka cast their votes in Saturday's election..Anura Kumara Dissanayake. National People's Power. Sri Lanka elections. Sri Lanka New President.
Can Ranil Wickremesinghe survive Sri Lanka’s elections? Two years after crisis, economic struggles continue
Sri Lankans who usually vote along religious and ethnic lines will be keeping another factor in mind when they vote Saturday on a new president
Ranil Wickremesinghe bids an emotional farewell to Lanka presidency
Colombo, President Ranil Wickremesinghe who lost Sri Lanka's presidential election on Sunday bid an emotional farewell to his 26 months job as the island nation's president and handed over the care of the "child" called Sri Lanka to president-elect Anura Kumara Dissanayake.
Marxist-leaning Dissanayake leads early official vote count in Sri Lanka's presidential election
Marxist-leaning lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake leads early official results in Sri Lanka’s presidential election, according to tallies released on Sunday by the Election Commission, but he is still
Sri Lanka's Marxist-Leaning Dissanayake in Early Lead to Become President
Sri Lanka's Marxist-leaning leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake grabbed a commanding early lead on Sunday in his bid to become the next president of the debt-ridden country seeking to elect a leader to bolster its fragile economic recovery.
Sri Lanka's Dissanayake and Premadasa head to presidential race runoff
By Uditha Jayasinghe and Sudipto Ganguly 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,
Sri Lanka votes in first election since economic collapse
Millions of Sri Lankans cast their votes on Sept. 21 to select a new president who will face the task of cementing the South Asian country's fragile economic recovery following its worst financial crisis in decades.
Sri Lanka Has More Women Voters Than Men but No Female Presidential Candidates
Women make up more than half of the voters in Sri Lanka, but in Saturday’s presidential election, not even one will be on the ballot
Sri Lankan election heads into run-off with leftist outsider in the lead
Sri Lanka’s presidential election has headed into a run-off, with leftist outsider Anura Kumara Dissanayake leading the vote count but failing to pass the 50 per cent threshold needed for an outright victory in the south Asian country’s first election since it fell into default.
FT
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Ranil to skip General Election, focus on party leadership: Ruwan Wijewardene
Deputy Leader Ruwan Wijewardene announced today that President Ranil Wickremesinghe will not be contesting in the upcoming General Election or seeking a seat in Parliament via the national list. The ...
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Exclusive | 'No one was willing to take that decision’: Sri Lanka's Wickremesinghe justifies austerity
In an exclusive interview to Firstpost Managing Editor Palki Sharma, President Ranil Wickremesinghe defended his tough ...
devdiscourse
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Emotional Farewell: Wickremesinghe Hands Over Sri Lanka to Anura Dissanayake
Outgoing President Ranil Wickremesinghe bids farewell to the Sri Lankan presidency after 26 months, handing over to president ...
FT
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President Wickremesinghe bids farewell, praises people’s mandate for President-elect Anura Dissanayake
In a heartfelt final address to the nation yesterday, President Ranil Wickremesinghe expressed his gratitude to the people of ...
ThePrint
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I look after Sri Lanka’s interests, that includes ensuring no harm to India’s security—Wickremesinghe to ThePrint
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe, credited with fixing the nation’s economy, is up against 37 other candidates in ...
devdiscourse
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Ranil Wickremesinghe's Rocky Road to Recovery: Will Austerity Measures Impact His Presidential Bid?
President Ranil Wickremesinghe led Sri Lanka through its worst financial crisis in decades by implementing austerity measures ...
Kashmir Reader
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Saved people from hunger and sorrow, says outgoing Lankan President Wickremesinghe
COLOMBO: In a special address following his election loss, outgoing President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Sunday expressed his ...
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