Sri Lanka election: Marxist-leaning Dissanayake leads early vote …
WEB4 hours ago · Updated 10:06 PM PDT, September 21, 2024. COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake leads early official results in Sri Lanka’s presidential election, according to tallies released on Sunday by the Election Commission, but he is still short of the 50% needed for victory. …
Marxist Leads Presidential Vote as Sri Lanka Rejects the Old Order
WEB6 hours ago · Ranil Wickremesinghe, the 75-year-old political survivor who stepped in as interim president after Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country when protesters surrounded his home, has helped stabilize the ...
Vote count underway in Sri Lanka's presidential election after …
WEB16 hours ago · COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — 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. The election, contested by 38 candidates, was largely a three-way race among incumbent liberal President Ranil Wickremesinghe, Marxist-leaning ...
Anura Kumara Dissanayake leads early Sri Lanka vote count - BBC
WEB5 hours ago · Mr Premadasa is in second place with nearly 26% of the total vote. President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who is seeking a second term, has so far received 16% while Namal Rajapaksa, the nephew of the ...
Sri Lanka elections: Protesters who ousted last president still wait ...
WEB2 days ago · The Associated Press is an independent global news organization dedicated to factual reporting. Founded in 1846, AP today remains the most trusted source of fast, accurate, unbiased news in all formats and the essential provider of the technology and services vital to the news business. ... Sri Lanka’s …
Ranil Wickremesinghe: The six-time Sri Lankan PM who became president - BBC
WEBJul 20, 2022 · Ranil Wickremesinghe has been promoted from being Sri Lanka's prime minister to its new president within a matter of days. He now has the job he has long coveted - but the challenges he...
Sri Lanka: Ranil Wickremesinghe elected president by MPs - BBC
WEBJul 20, 2022 · Sri Lankan MPs have elected prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as the country's new president, despite his unpopularity with the public. Mr Wickremesinghe faces the task of leading the...
Sri Lanka’s newly elected president is sworn into office - NBC News
WEBJul 21, 2022 · Veteran politician Ranil Wickremesinghe, seen as an ally of his ousted predecessor, is taking charge of a nation bitterly angry he will remain in power amid an economic crisis.
Ranil Wickremesinghe becomes interim president of Sri Lanka - NBC News
WEBJul 15, 2022 · COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as Sri Lanka ’s interim president Friday until Parliament elects a successor to Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who resigned after mass...
Ranil Wickremesinghe: Sri Lanka sees new president sworn into …
WEBJul 21, 2022 · Sri Lanka's Ranil Wickremesinghe has been sworn in as president, amid hopes that he will pull the country out of its economic suffering. The 73-year-old took his oath at the tightly-guarded...