Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Dissanayake. File | Photo Credit: AP “Sri Lanka’s President Anura Kumara Dissanayake will undertake a two-day visit to India from December 15, in his first overseas visit after assuming office,” it was announced on Tuesday (December 10, 2024). During his visit, Mr. Dissanayake will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and … Read more
An unprecedented financial crash in 2022 brought months of consumer goods shortages, with inflation peaking at nearly 70% that year. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Sri Lanka’s consumer prices fell by 2.1% in November, the highest deflation rate recorded by the economically fragile island nation since 1961, official data showed Saturday (November 30, 2024). An … Read more
Over 13 lakh tourists have visited Sri Lanka until August 2024, bringing in more than $2 billion in revenue. | Photo Credit: AFP Sri Lanka’s newly elected government led byPresident Anura Kumara Dissanayake has restored the country’s old visa system, adhering to a recent Supreme Court order that suspended a controversial new portal managed by … Read more
Sajith Premadasa waves as he arrives at the election commission office in Colombo in Sri Lanka on September 22, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Sri Lanka’s Leader of Opposition Sajith Premadasa, who lost to leftist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake in Saturday’s (September 21, 2024) presidential election, garnered the highest share of the Tamil minority’s vote, … Read more
National People’s Power leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake arrives at a polling station in Colombo on September 21, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Sri Lanka’s election commission formally announced on Sunday (September 22, 2024) Marxist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake the winner of the Presidential election, defeating incumbent Ranil Wickremesinghe. The commission said on its website that … Read more
Colombo: In a historic first, Sri Lanka’s presidential election on Sunday went into a second round of counting after no candidate secured over 50 per cent vote needed to be declared the winner. The latest results showed Anura Kumara Dissanayake of the Marxist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna party’s broader front National People’s Power (NPP) had won … Read more
People wait in a queue to cast their votes at a polling center during the Presidential election on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka on September 21, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Sri Lankans gave their mandate to the country’s next leader in a peacefully held Presidential election on Saturday (September 21, 2024). The outcome … Read more
Sri Lanka elections: What are voters expecting? | Video Credit: The Hindu On September 21, Sri Lanka will vote for its new President. What sets this election apart from previous ones is that it’s the first since the country went through its worst economic crisis two years ago. The Janatha Argalaya, or the people’s struggle, … Read more