Search For "sri lanka presidential election"
US stresses strengthening bilateral ties with Sri Lanka, congratulates Anu
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
The US extended wishes to Sri Lanka President-designate Anura Kumara Dissanayake following his win in the presidential elections.
Read More
Anura Kumara Dissanayake wins 2024 Sri Lanka Presidential Election
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Anura Kumara Dissanayaka, the 55-year-old leader of the leftist Janatha Vimukthi Peremuna party, has been declared the winner of the election, according to the Election Commission of Sri Lanka.
Read More
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
Read More
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
Read More
Former Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena to contest next President
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Maithripala Sirisena made the announcement while speaking at a media briefing at the SLFP headquarters on .
Read More
Sri Lanka's LoP Premadasa urges India to support country irrespective of w
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 19 (ANI): Sri Lanka's main opposition leader Sajith Premadasa on Tuesday urged India to support the debt-ridden country to overcome the crisis, irrespective of the political developments after the presidential elections scheduled on Wednesday.
Read More
PM Modi congratulates Gotabaya Rajapaksa, says bilateral ties will strengt
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 17 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday congratulated Gotabaya Rajapaksa on his victory in the recently concluded Sri Lankan Presidential elections and expressed confidence that the fraternal, cultural, historical and civilisational ties between India and S
Read More
Sri Lanka presidential polls: Rajapaksa claims victory as Premadasa conced
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 17 (ANI): Gotabaya Rajapaksa has claimed victory in the Sri Lankan presidential polls and his main opponent Sajith Premadasa of the ruling United National Party has conceded defeat, even as the official results are yet to be announced.
Read More
Counting of votes underway for Presidential elections in Sri Lanka
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 17 (ANI): The results of Sri Lanka's presidential election will be announced on Sunday as counting of votes is underway in an election that was marred by incidents of violence that left several people injured.
Read More
Voting concludes in Sri Lanka presidential election
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 16 (ANI): Voting in Sri Lankan Presidential election concluded on Saturday.
Read More
Sri Lanka Presidential election: Gunmen open fire on bus carrying voters i
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 16 (ANI): Gunmen opened fire on a convoy of buses carrying voters in Mannar in northern Sri Lanka on Saturday, as the island country began voting for a presidential election.
Read More
Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, Frontrunner in Sri Lanka's Presidential Elections
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Dubai [UAE] Nov 13(ANI/BusinessWire India): Sri Lanka's executive presidency is the most lucrative in the constitutional context in the island nation simply because of its formulation, a fact that is widely attributed to its creator, the late JR Jayawardene.
Read More