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
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
A couple walks past an election poster showing a portrait of Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, September 16, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP A group of election observers from the European Union and the Commonwealth have arrived in Sri Lanka to monitor the presidential election on Saturday (September 21, 2024). … Read more