Sri Lankans reject political establishment and vote for left-wing ...
WEB29 minutes ago · This presidential election is Sri Lanka's first since it defaulted on its loans in 2022, plunging the country into a crippling economic crisis marked by acute shortages of fuel and other basic goods.
Marxist Leads Presidential Vote as Sri Lanka Rejects the Old Order
WEB16 hours ago · The Marxist candidate, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, led the early counting in Sri Lanka’s presidential elections on Sunday, riding a wave of popular anger at the established political order that ...
Sri Lankans elect Marxist-leaning Dissanayake as president to fix
WEB2 hours ago · COLOMBO Reuters —. Sri Lankans elected Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake as their new president on Sunday, putting faith in his pledge to fight corruption and bolster a fragile economic ...
In a political paradigm shift, Sri Lanka leans to the left - BBC
WEBThe resounding victory of the NPP came following a wave of public anger over the devastating economic crisis in 2022, when Sri Lanka ground to a halt as inflation surged and its foreign reserves ...
Sri Lanka's left-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake elected …
WEB4 hours ago · The election, held on Saturday, was the first since mass protests in 2022 saw Sri Lanka's then leader Gotabaya Rajapaksa unseated as the country faced its worst economic crisis.
Vote count underway in Sri Lanka's presidential election after …
WEB1 day ago · COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Voting ended in Sri Lanka’s presidential election Saturday as the country seeks to recover from the worst economic crisis in its history and the resulting political upheaval.
Sri Lanka: The fate of a protest that toppled a president - BBC
WEBJul 8, 2023 · The politically powerful family was popular for crushing the Tamil Tiger separatists in May 2009 and ending the country's 25-year civil war. But now, a year on, it is the protesters who are in...
What We Know About the Crisis in Sri Lanka - The New York Times
WEBJul 14, 2022 · Months of largely peaceful protests in Sri Lanka turned tense after the president, reviled by critics who say he drove the country’s economy into the ground, fled the country but did not...
Sri Lanka in crisis: What, why and how? - Al Jazeera
WEBJul 13, 2022 · Sri Lanka’s unprecedented economic crisis looks to have finally toppled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Here is what you should know about the ongoing political turmoil.
Turmoil in Sri Lanka Sri Lankan President Has Agreed to Step …
WEBJul 9, 2022 · Follow our live coverage for the latest on Sri Lanka’s political crisis. Here’s what we know: The news came after thousands of protesters, furious over his government’s inability to address...