Officials begin counting votes after polls close in Sri Lanka’s ...
WEB4 hours ago · Related. Ahead of new election, many are still waiting for change after protests ousted Sri Lanka’s last president. By Sheikh Saaliq, Associated Press. How upcoming elections in South Asia will ...
A Tight Race in Sri Lanka Two Years After Its President Fled
WEB17 hours ago · Sept. 21, 2024, 12:01 a.m. ET. Sri Lanka will hold a presidential election on Saturday for the first time since its strongman president fled the country two years ago in the face of protests over ...
Voting ends in Sri Lanka’s first presidential election since …
WEB17 hours ago · The record for voter turnout in a Sri Lankan presidential election was set in 2019 at 83.72 percent. “I’ve taken this country out of bankruptcy,” Wickremesinghe said after casting his ballot.
Voting ends in Sri Lanka to choose a president and a way out of …
WEB8 hours ago · COLOMBO (AP) -- Voting has ended Saturday in Sri Lanka's presidential election as the country seeks to recover from the worst economic crisis in its history and the resulting political upheaval ...
Sri Lankans vote in a presidential election that will decide how it ...
WEB19 hours ago · COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankans began voting Saturday in a presidential election that will determine the course of the country’s recovery from its worst economic crisis and resulting political upheaval.. The election, contested by 38 candidates, is largely a three-way race among incumbent liberal President Ranil Wickremesinghe, Marxist-leaning lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake, and ...
Sri Lanka votes in first election since protests ousted president
WEB22 hours ago · BBC News. Reporting fromColombo. Sri Lankans will elect a new president in the first election since mass protests sparked by the country's worst-ever economic crisis unseated the leader in 2022 ...
Sri Lanka votes in first election since protests ousted leader - BBC News
WEB22 hours ago · Polls have closed in Sri Lanka's election, where voters are choosing a new president for the first time since mass protests unseated the country's leader in 2022. Saturday's vote is widely ...
Polls close in Sri Lanka's first election since economic collapse
WEB15 hours ago · Sri Lankans voted on Saturday in the country's first presidential election since its economic collapse, with the unpopular IMF austerity plan at the forefront of voters' minds. President Ranil ...
Voting ends in Sri Lanka to choose a president and a way out ... - ABC News
WEB19 hours ago · COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Voting has ended Saturday in Sri Lanka's presidential election as the country seeks to recover from the worst economic crisis in its history and the resulting political upheaval.
Protests ousted Sri Lanka's last president. Ahead of new election, …
WEB1 day ago · COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Two years ago, tens of thousands of Sri Lankans rose up against their president and forced him to flee the country.As the country prepares for its first election since then, many say they’re still waiting for change.. As Sri Lanka sank into economic collapse in 2022, people from various walks of life rallied to change a long-entrenched government they saw as ...
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