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Nov 17, 20244 min read
Sri Lankan president's coalition wins big majority in general election
COLOMBO - Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's leftist coalition won a thumping victory in a snap general election, gaining...
Sep 26, 20242 min read
Factbox-Why did Sri Lanka's president call a snap general election?
COLOMBO - Sri Lanka will hold a parliamentary election on Nov. 14, the government announced on Tuesday, less than two months after the...
Sep 24, 20242 min read
Factbox-What are the key challenges for Sri Lanka President Dissanayake?
COLOMBO - Sri Lankans have elected Anura Kumara Dissanayake as the country's new president, giving the Marxist-leaning politician a key...
Sep 23, 20242 min read
Sri Lanka's president-elect breaks a tradition of political lineage
COLOMBO - Anura Kumara Dissanayake may lack the political lineage of some of his rivals, but his leftist anti-poverty policies and pledge...
Sep 22, 20243 min read
Sri Lanka votes for new president with economic future at stake
COLOMBO - Sri Lankans voted on Saturday in an election to pick a president who will face the task of bolstering the country's fragile...
Sep 21, 20242 min read
For Sri Lanka's minority Tamils, election does not offer hope
JAFFNA, Sri Lanka - Scarred by a decades-long civil war and struggling to survive in Sri Lanka's crippled economy, ethnic minority Tamils...
Sep 19, 20242 min read
Sri Lanka presidential contenders wrap up campaigning ahead of Saturday vote
COLOMBO - Sri Lanka's presidential candidates wrapped up their campaigning on Wednesday, 48 hours before the election, pledging to fix...
Sep 19, 20243 min read
Analysis-Sri Lanka's presidential election to test economic green shoots
LONDON/COLOMBO - Sri Lanka's knife-edge election on Saturday has raised doubts over when its long-awaited debt deal with bondholders will...
Jul 30, 20242 min read
Factbox-Who's going to run in Sri Lanka's presidential election
COLOMBO - Sri Lanka's incumbent President Ranil Wickremesinghe became the first candidate to officially register for the presidential...
Apr 24, 20243 min read
Amid tension in Middle East, Iranian President arrives in Sri Lanka
Colombo, April 24 - Amid the tension in the Middle East, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi arrived in Sri Lanka following his three-day...
Mar 28, 20244 min read
Why did the Baltimore bridge collapse and what is the death toll?
Divers recovered the remains of two of the six missing workers more than a day after a cargo ship smashed into Baltimore's Francis Scott...
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