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Sri Lanka votes in snap elections to parliament called by President Dissan
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Addressing a campaign rally of the NPP on November 11, President Dissanayake said that Sri Lanka will be transformed into a country free of poverty by his government.
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ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup: Sri Lanka A knock defending champion Pakistan
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Dushan Hemantha's four-wicket haul and Ahan Wickramasinghe's sensational fifty sealed Sri Lanka A spot in the final and brought an end to defending champions Pakistan A campaign to its unforeseen conclusion in the first semi-final match of the ACC Mens T20 Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2024.
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"Discussed bilateral ties, future cooperation": Former Sri Lankan Presiden
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Former Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe met External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and discussed the bilateral ties and future cooperation between the two nations.
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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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Anura Dissanayake to be Sri Lanka's new president, early trends show
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
As per the last trends, Dissanayake has got 49.8 per cent votes while Sajith Premadasa, leader of Samagi Jana Balawegaya, got 25.8% of the votes, followed by the incumbent president and leader of the United National Party, Ranil Wickremesinghe, who mustered 16.4% of the votes.
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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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"Every vote matters for Sri Lanka's future": Presidential candidate Namal
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Namal Rajapaksa, the presidential candidate and son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, cast his vote in the 2024 Sri Lankan presidential election. He also encouraged citizens to do the same, emphasising that every single vote counts for the future of Sri Lanka.
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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 to hold Presidential election on Saturday
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Sri Lankans head to the polls this Saturday to choose the country's 10th president, marking the nation's first presidential election since the devastating economic crisis of 2022
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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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Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe announces candidacy for presiden
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Ranil Wickremesinghe has announced his candidacy for the upcoming presidential election set to be held on September 21.
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Sri Lanka: Sarath Fonseka declares presidential candidacy, vows to combat
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Fonseka, who led the military campaign against the LTTE's separatist ambitions, faced defeat in the 2010 presidential election against Mahinda Rajapaksa.
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