Sri Lanka president did not scrap re-election bid
Sri Lanka set to vote in presidential election on Saturday, Rani Wickremesinghe seeks re-election: Key points
The voting in Sri Lanka presidential elections 2024 will take place between 7 am to 5 pm on Saturday, September 21, at over 13,400 polling stations.
Protests ousted Sri Lanka’s last president. Ahead of new election, many are still waiting for change
Wickremensignhe’s main challengers — opposition leader Sajith Premadasa and parliamentarian Anura Dissanayake, a surprise top contender who heads a new leftist coalition — have promised major political changes, including renegotiating a deal with the International Monetary Fund to win more favorable terms.
What's at stake in Sri Lanka's first presidential vote since its economic meltdown?
Sri Lanka will hold its presidential election Sept. 21 in a crucial vote that will decide the future course of the South Asian nation still struggling to recover from its economic collapse in 2022, which provoked mass protests and forced the former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa to flee the country and later resign.
Sri Lanka to vote in first poll since economic collapse
Cash-strapped Sri Lanka will vote for its next president on Saturday in an effective referendum on an unpopular International Monetary Fund (IMF) austerity plan enacted after the island nation's unprecedented financial crisis.
Electronic voting for Sri Lanka in future
Chairman of the Election Commission of Russia Shevchenko Evgenii who is part of an election monitoring mission in Sri Lanka offered insights on electronic voting to be adopted in Sri Lanka instead of paper ballots.
Voting ends in Sri Lanka's presidential election as it seeks to recover from economic crisis and political upheaval
Voting ends in Sri Lanka's presidential election as it seeks to recover from economic crisis and political upheaval
Sri Lankan voters to chose from 38 candidates in consequential presidential election
Thirty-eight candidates are running for president of the Asian nation of Sri Lanka, which is still recovering from a 2022 economic collapse. Its incumbent president faces a tight race.
Voting ends in Sri Lanka to choose a president and a way out of years of turmoil
Voting has ended Saturday in Sri Lanka's presidential election as the country seeks to recover from the worst economic crisis in its history and the resulting political upheaval. The election, contested by 38 candidates,
Sri Lanka president did not scrap re-election bid days before poll
Sri Lanka's President Ranil Wickremesinghe did not scrap his re-election campaign days before the bankrupt nation voted in the first poll since its economic collapse, contrary to claims spread online.
Sri Lanka’s presidential election a test for current leader, 2 years after its economy hit bottom
Two years ago, food cart worker Fathima Shiyama had to wait in line, sometimes for days, to get cooking gas, fuel and other essentials. It was a test of patience for her and millions of other Sri Lankans as their country languished in economic and political chaos.
In Sri Lanka, a close three-way battle for office
Promises of system change and economic stability define the first presidential polls since the upheaval of 2019 ...
Two years after Sri Lanka’s ‘revolution’, could it all have been for nothing?
Protesters who toppled the Rajapksa government in 2022 are hoping for change in Saturday’s election – but two of the top candidates are closely linked to the establishment. Alisha Rahaman Sarkar repor ...
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Sri Lanka asked to remove flag from Lord's balcony
A bizarre turn of events unfolded at Lord's on Day Four of the third Test between England and Sri Lanka on Sunday (June 12) when the visitors were asked to remove their national flag that was ...
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Hoax recruitment website for Sri Lanka's election commission circulates ahead of presidential polls
The website featured the national flag and the emblem of Sri Lanka, repeated the lines about the recruitment drive and asked candidates to fill out their details, including their birthday ...
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Sri Lanka: The fate of a protest that toppled a president
"I took the presidential flags away because I thought Mr Rajapaksa wouldn't be able to act as president without those official symbols," Mr Kaluthantri said. Sri Lanka's presidential flags are ...
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Sri Lanka Flags Civil Service Pay Hike Ahead Of Vote
Bankrupt Sri Lanka will offer hefty salary increases and higher pensions to civil servants, President Ranil Wickremesinghe's office said Friday just weeks before a poll in which he is seeking re ...
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Sri Lanka flags civil service pay hike ahead of vote
Bankrupt Sri Lanka will offer hefty salary increases and higher pensions to civil servants, President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s office said on Friday (Aug 23) just weeks before a poll in which he is ...