Sri Lanka Presidential Election
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Sri Lanka's Marxist Politician Anura Kumara Dissanayake Leads Presidential Vote
Sri Lanka's Marxist-leaning leader, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, grabbed a commanding early lead on Sunday in his bid to become the next president of the debt-ridden country seeking to elect a leader to bolster its fragile economic recovery.
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Sri Lanka Votes For New President On Saturday. All You Need To Know
The people of Sri Lanka are set to vote for a new president on Saturday in an election that will be key in deciding the future reforms in the country that is reeling under an unprecedented economic crisis.
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Sri Lanka's First Presidential Vote Since Unrest To Be Held On September 21
The election will be the first test of the public mood since the height of the 2022 downturn, which caused months of food, fuel and medicine shortages across the island nation.
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Lanka's Tamil Parties Plan To Field Presidential Candidate From Community
Sri Lanka's Tamil political parties are planning to field a candidate from the minority community in the presidential election to present a credible and acceptable political solution for them, a senior community leader said.
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After Hiatus, Rajapaksa Brothers Set To Win Sri Lanka Presidential Elections
The Rajapaksas, best known for the brutal defeat of separatist Tamil rebels and then drawing Sri Lanka into China's orbit when the West and India shunned the Indian Ocean island, are back at the centre of the nation's deeply divisive politics and it is stoking fear.
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Lanka President Vows To "Eradicate Terrorism" Before Presidential Polls
Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena said the security forces would "eradicate terrorism" and restore stability before a presidential election due for year-end, vowing to bring to heel all terrorists linked to the Easter Sunday suicide attacks.
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Former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse to Contest for Prime Minister's Post
Former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapakse has decided to contest for the post of prime minister in the parliamentary elections scheduled to be held after April 23.
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Mahinda Rajapaksa Played China Against India, Says Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe
In his first television interview since the results of the elections, Sri Lanka's new Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe told NDTV that his government will redress the pro-China tilt of the Rajapaksa regime
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2000 Soldiers Were Moved to Colombo for Coup, Says Former Sri Lankan Army Chief
Mahinda Rajapaksa's defeat in the Presidential elections was followed by the news that he had attempted a coup as the results poured in, predicting his defeat.
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Will Sri Lanka Stick To Its "Known Devil"?
Swapan Dasgupta on the big January 8 election for the island.
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Lankan Star Urges Salman Khan to Stay Away From Country's Politics
Sri Lankan actor-turned politician Ranjan Ramanayake today asked Bollywood star Salman Khan to stay away from the country's politics, a day after he campaigned for the incumbent President Rajapaksa.
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Sri Lanka's Tamil Party Backs Opposition Presidential Candidate
Sri Lanka's main ethnic Tamil political party says it will support an opposition candidate in January's Presidential election, the latest blow to Mahinda Rajapaksa's bid for another term in office.
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Salman Khan Leads Bollywood Boost For Rajapaksa Campaign in Lanka Poll: Reports
Bollywood star Salman Khan is in Sri Lanka to prop up the incumbent Mahinda Rajapaksa's re-election bid, the first Indian actor to be roped in for a poll campaign in the country.
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Candidates Pledge No Violence: Sri Lankan Church
The two main candidates in Sri Lanka's presidential election have promised a violence-free vote, with Pope Francis scheduled to visit the country just days later, a church leader said.
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Fearing Poll-Related Violence, Lankan Clergy Want Pope's Visit Postponed
Catholic clergy and civil society groups in Sri Lanka have called for the Pope's visit to be rescheduled in view of the hotly contested Presidential elections.
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Sri Lanka's Marxist Politician Anura Kumara Dissanayake Leads Presidential Vote
Sri Lanka's Marxist-leaning leader, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, grabbed a commanding early lead on Sunday in his bid to become the next president of the debt-ridden country seeking to elect a leader to bolster its fragile economic recovery.
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Sri Lanka Votes For New President On Saturday. All You Need To Know
The people of Sri Lanka are set to vote for a new president on Saturday in an election that will be key in deciding the future reforms in the country that is reeling under an unprecedented economic crisis.
-
Sri Lanka's First Presidential Vote Since Unrest To Be Held On September 21
The election will be the first test of the public mood since the height of the 2022 downturn, which caused months of food, fuel and medicine shortages across the island nation.
-
Lanka's Tamil Parties Plan To Field Presidential Candidate From Community
Sri Lanka's Tamil political parties are planning to field a candidate from the minority community in the presidential election to present a credible and acceptable political solution for them, a senior community leader said.
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After Hiatus, Rajapaksa Brothers Set To Win Sri Lanka Presidential Elections
The Rajapaksas, best known for the brutal defeat of separatist Tamil rebels and then drawing Sri Lanka into China's orbit when the West and India shunned the Indian Ocean island, are back at the centre of the nation's deeply divisive politics and it is stoking fear.
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Lanka President Vows To "Eradicate Terrorism" Before Presidential Polls
Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena said the security forces would "eradicate terrorism" and restore stability before a presidential election due for year-end, vowing to bring to heel all terrorists linked to the Easter Sunday suicide attacks.
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Former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse to Contest for Prime Minister's Post
Former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapakse has decided to contest for the post of prime minister in the parliamentary elections scheduled to be held after April 23.
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Mahinda Rajapaksa Played China Against India, Says Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe
In his first television interview since the results of the elections, Sri Lanka's new Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe told NDTV that his government will redress the pro-China tilt of the Rajapaksa regime
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2000 Soldiers Were Moved to Colombo for Coup, Says Former Sri Lankan Army Chief
Mahinda Rajapaksa's defeat in the Presidential elections was followed by the news that he had attempted a coup as the results poured in, predicting his defeat.
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Will Sri Lanka Stick To Its "Known Devil"?
Swapan Dasgupta on the big January 8 election for the island.
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Lankan Star Urges Salman Khan to Stay Away From Country's Politics
Sri Lankan actor-turned politician Ranjan Ramanayake today asked Bollywood star Salman Khan to stay away from the country's politics, a day after he campaigned for the incumbent President Rajapaksa.
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Sri Lanka's Tamil Party Backs Opposition Presidential Candidate
Sri Lanka's main ethnic Tamil political party says it will support an opposition candidate in January's Presidential election, the latest blow to Mahinda Rajapaksa's bid for another term in office.
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Salman Khan Leads Bollywood Boost For Rajapaksa Campaign in Lanka Poll: Reports
Bollywood star Salman Khan is in Sri Lanka to prop up the incumbent Mahinda Rajapaksa's re-election bid, the first Indian actor to be roped in for a poll campaign in the country.
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Candidates Pledge No Violence: Sri Lankan Church
The two main candidates in Sri Lanka's presidential election have promised a violence-free vote, with Pope Francis scheduled to visit the country just days later, a church leader said.
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Fearing Poll-Related Violence, Lankan Clergy Want Pope's Visit Postponed
Catholic clergy and civil society groups in Sri Lanka have called for the Pope's visit to be rescheduled in view of the hotly contested Presidential elections.
