Sri Lanka’s new President Dissanayake promises change
Colombo, Sri Lanka Reuters Sri Lanka’s leftist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake took office as President on Monday, promising change in the island nation long led by powerful political families which is emerging from its worst economic crisis in more than seven decades. Millions of Sri Lankans had voted for the opposition parliamentarian, putting faith in […]
Sri Lankans elect Marxist-leaning Dissanayake as president to fix economy
Colombo, Sri Lanka Reuters Sri Lankans elected Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake as new president on Sunday, putting faith in his pledge to fight corruption and bolster a fragile economic recovery following the South Asian nation’s worst financial crisis in decades. Dissanayake, 55, who does not possess political lineage like some of his rivals in the […]
Sri Lanka: How the 2022 ‘Aragalaya’ revolt hangs heavy over presidential vote
UDITHA JAYASINGHE and SUDIPTO GANGULY, of Reuters, report from Colombo ahead of Saturday’s presidential election…