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Sri Lanka polls: Anura Kumara Dissanayake leads in first round of counting
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
After Elections Commission Chairman RLAM Ratnayake announced a second preference count for Sri Lankan presidential elections, National People's Power (NPP) candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake, topped the first round of counting with 5,634,915 votes (42.31 per cent), according to a report by t
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Sri Lankan presidential polls: Elections Commission orders 2nd round of co
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
This decision came after early trends showed Anura Kumara Dissanayake, leader of the National People's Power, leading the presidential polls, the Daily Mirror reported
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Wickremesinghe and Rajapaksa cast votes in crucial Sri Lankan election
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
President Ranil Wickremesinghe and presidential candidate Namal Rajapaksa participated in the 2024 Sri Lankan presidential election today, urging citizens to make their voices heard. This election is pivotal as the nation recovers from the 2022 economic crisis. A total of 38 candidates are v
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Economy on centre stage, as Sri Lanka set to vote today in first polls sin
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
The crisis, which led to widespread food and fuel shortages, prompted Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to flee the country in 2022. The economic policy of Rajapaksa, followed by the onset of the Covid pandemic, is believed to have led to the worst economic crisis in the island nat
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Sri Lanka: Rajapaksa's party doesn't back Wickremesinghe, to name their ow
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
SLPP General Secretary Sagara Kariyawasam told reporters on Monday, that the SLPP decided, by majority, to nominate its own candidate at the election in September.
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"Thank PM Modi, EAM Jaishankar": President Wickremesinghe on India's conti
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Recalling his meeting with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar during his recent visit to the island nation, Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe said that he is thankful to him as well as Prime Minister Narendra Modi for their continued support to Sri Lanka.
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Sri Lanka President wishes PM Modi success for third term
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
The congratulatory message comes following PM Modi's swearing-in ceremony, attended by leaders from India's neighbouring countries and the Indian Ocean region, showcasing India's 'Neighbourhood First' policy.
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Former Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa claims "foreign and local pa
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Former Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has claimed that certain foreign and local parties were always intent on ousting him from power.d.
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"Special day for 3 friendly countries in Indian Ocean region": PM Modi on
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe, and Mauritius Prime Minister Praveen Jugnauth attended the launch of UPI services via video conferencing in Sri Lanka and Mauritius on Monday.
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Jaishankar calls on Lankan President Wickremesinghe in Kampala, appreciate
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar called on Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Saturday on the sidelines of the 19th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in Ugandan capital, Kampala.
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Sri Lanka President Wickremesinghe to hold all-party conference on 13th Am
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe is all set to hold an all party meeting next week on the 13th Amendment, Dailymirror quoted Minister Jeevan Thondaman as saying.
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India looks forward to strengthening developmental partnership with Sri La
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
President Droupadi Murmu on Friday said India looks forward to continuing and strengthening its developmental partnership with Sri Lanka under leadership of Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe.
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