Sri Lankan President’s coalition wins majority in snap election
Colombo, Sri Lanka Reuters Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s leftist coalition won a thumping victory in a snap general election, gaining power to push through his plans to fight poverty in the island nation recovering from a financial meltdown. Dissanayake’s Marxist-leaning National People’s Power (NPP) coalition won 137 seats of 196 for which direct […]
Discarding decades of dynastic politics, Sri Lankans to vote for change in parliament poll
Hambantota, Sri Lanka Reuters Sri Lanka votes to elect a new parliament this week in a snap general election called by its Marxist-leaning President who wants a fresh mandate in the legislature to drive economic reforms in the debt-ridden island nation. Anura Kumara Dissanayake was elected president of the South Asian country in September but […]
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 […]
Crisis-hit Sri Lanka votes in crucial election to decide economic future
Colombo, Sri Lanka Reuters Millions of Sri Lankans cast their votes on Saturday to select a new president who will face the task of cementing the South Asian country’s fragile economic recovery following its worst financial crisis in decades. More than 17 million of Sri Lanka’s 22 million people are eligible to vote at the […]
For Sri Lanka’s minority Tamils, election does not offer hope
Jaffna, Sri Lanka Reuters Scarred by a decades-long civil war and struggling to survive in Sri Lanka’s crippled economy, ethnic minority Tamils in the island nation say they have little hope that Saturday’s presidential election will improve their lot by much. Tamils form 12 per cent of the country’s 22 million population, but have long […]