A Tight Race in Sri Lanka Two Years After Its President Fled
WEB22 hours ago · Sept. 21, 2024, 12:01 a.m. ET. Sri Lanka will hold a presidential election on Saturday for the first time since its strongman president fled the country two years ago in the face of protests over ...
Sri Lanka votes in first election since protests ousted leader - BBC News
WEB1 day ago · Updated 12:54 BST. Polls have closed in Sri Lanka's election, where voters are choosing a new president for the first time since mass protests unseated the country's leader in 2022. Saturday's ...
Voting ends in Sri Lanka’s first presidential election since …
WEB22 hours ago · Sri Lankans have begun voting in their first election since the collapse of the economy triggered mass protests that prompted then President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to flee the country. Polling ...
Sri Lankan presidential election: Hope abounds for a new …
WEB12 hours ago · For hours, thousands of Sri Lankans had been waiting in the monsoon humidity for "AKD," the candidate of the left and the unexpected favorite in the presidential election race. On Wednesday ...
Protests ousted Sri Lanka's last president. Ahead of new election, …
WEB1 day ago · FILE - A protester holds a portrait of former Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa upside down after storming the Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s office demanding he resign after president Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country amid economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on July 13, 2022.
Sri Lanka votes in first election since financial meltdown
WEB17 hours ago · and. Hafeel Farisz. September 21, 2024 at 5:13 a.m. EDT. NEW DELHI — Roughly 17 million Sri Lankans are heading to the polls in the first election since one of the country’s worst financial ...
Sri Lanka: Chased out by protesters, a political dynasty plots ... - BBC
WEBSri Lanka's foreign reserves fell to $20m in 2022, triggering an economic crisis. For years, the Rajapaksa family – led by Mahinda - held a vice-like grip over Sri Lankan politics. In his first ...
Officials begin counting votes after polls close in Sri Lanka’s ...
WEB9 hours ago · Related. Ahead of new election, many are still waiting for change after protests ousted Sri Lanka’s last president. By Sheikh Saaliq, Associated Press. How upcoming elections in South Asia will ...
Sri Lanka votes in first election since protests ousted leader - BBC
WEB1 day ago · BBC News. Reporting fromColombo. Sri Lankans will elect a new president in the first election since mass protests sparked by the country's worst-ever economic crisis unseated the leader in 2022 ...
Sri Lanka election 2024: Who could be the next president, what’s …
WEB1 day ago · Namal Rajapaksa from the SLPP is the youngest candidate at 38 and is the eldest son of Mahinda Rajapaksa, who has served as both the country’s president and prime minister. He is the nephew of ...
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