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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A political vacuum continues in Sri Lanka, with opposition leaders yet to agree on who should replace its roundly rejected leaders, whose residences are occupied by ...
News Sri Lanka » Politics: Sri Lanka's Prolonged Wait: Electoral Delays and Political Intricacies
The provincial council elections in Sri Lanka, pending since 2014, face further delays as a cross-party committee explores the legal complexities of conducting the polls. The ongoing postponement ...
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Rampaging mobs from the majority Buddhist population attacked Muslim communities Monday night, police and witnesses said, with new violence plaguing Sri Lanka after deadly church bombings on Easter ...
News Sri Lanka » Politics: Will a Marxist government put Sri Lanka’s economic recovery at risk?
Sri Lanka has made a truly remarkable turnaround since an uprising in 2022, but if the island nation is to achieve sustained and equitable growth, its new government has no room for mistakes, says ...
News Sri Lanka » Politics: Rumble in Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Election Surprise
On September 21, Anura Kumara Dissanayake was elected Sri Lanka’s president, representing a massive shift in voter sentiment since 2019, when he had garnered just 3.16 percent of the vote. As the ...
News Sri Lanka » Politics: Sri Lanka risk-score undermined by political and economic challenges
In 2013, an Asiamoney article quoting Barclays declared: “Sri Lankan bonds do not offer enough premium to compensate for policy risks.” Two years on, risk experts still have their doubts, despite the ...
News Sri Lanka » Politics: Sri Lankan president seeks party win in parliamentary election to help him push his economic reforms
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is looking to consolidate his party's power in Thursday's parliamentary election to help him implement his election pledges to solve ...
News Sri Lanka » Politics: Sri Lanka and the NPP’s First Year in Government
A year after Anura Kumara Dissanayake (AKD) won the presidential election and his party, the National People’s Power (NPP), won a super-majority in the parliamentary elections, the country has made ...
News Sri Lanka » Politics: Three Years After A Revolution, Sri Lanka’s Impressive Recovery
Supporters of Sri Lanka's newly elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, celebrate near the Presidential Secretariat after Dissanayake's swearing-in ceremony in Colombo on September 23, 2024. On ...
News Sri Lanka » Politics: Sri Lanka’s Elections Pay Off for Dissanayake
National People’s Power leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake, in the red shirt, attends a protest rally in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Feb. 26, 2023 (AP photo by Eranga Jayawardena). The presidential and ...