Just a few days after the presidential election, Sri Lanka is bracing for the parliamentary election which will be costlier than the recently concluded poll. In last week’s election, Anura Kumara Dissanayake won and became the new president of Sri Lanka. Soon after holding the position Dissanayake dissolved Parliament on Tuesday to call a snap…
Marxist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Sunday won the presidential election in Sri Lanka defeating incumbent Ranil Wickremesinghe.Sri Lanka’s election commission formally announced that, Dissanayake, 55, secured 42.31% of the vote in Saturday’s election, with opposition leader Sajith Premadasa finishing second. Wickremesinghe, the sitting president, placed a distant third.The election commission confirmed the results on…
Voting for the presidential elections began in the island nation of Sri Lanka on Saturday morning, kicking off the fight amongst 38 hopefuls for the post. The country is facing its first elections since it faced an economic crisis leading to political turmoil two years ago.The main contest is between current President Ranil Wickremesinghe, Marxist…
Sri Lanka‘s top court has found President Ranil Wickremesinghe guilty of “unlawful conduct” for delaying local elections, which were seen as an unofficial referendum on his economic policies. According to AFP news agency, the verdict was delivered by a five-judge bench led by Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya. It does not carry immediate legal consequences due…
NEW DELHI: Ranil Wickremesinghe, President of Sri Lanka, declared his candidacy for contesting the upcoming presidential election taking place on September 21 on Saturday. He made the announcement while addressing a rally in the southern town of Galle.“My coming today to this town is significant, I declare that I will contest the presidential election having…
