India less of an issue in Sri Lankan election, local factors predominate
"For Sri Lankans, this election is a way of overcoming the trauma of the economic hardship they have just been through, a way ...
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Economic revival on ballot as Sri Lanka chooses new president on Saturday
Economic crisis and the IMF austerity program are the major issues while terrorism and polarisation have taken a back seat ...
Sri Lanka goes to polls for first time since 2022 economic crisis
Officials in Colombo were seen escorted by armed personnel as they collected boxes to set up polling booths on Friday on the ...
Protests ousted Sri Lanka's last president. Ahead of new election, many are still waiting for change
Many Sri Lankans say the current government is largely made up of the same politicians who have ruled the island nation for ...
Sri Lanka’s ruling elite face judgment in first election since plunge into financial crisis
Leftist frontrunner promises crackdown on ‘corrupt’ politicians and calls for revisiting deals with IMF and bondholders ...
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Sri Lanka to hold Presidential election on Saturday
Sri Lankans head to the polls this Saturday to choose the country’s 10th president, marking the nation’s first presidential election since the devastating economic crisis of 2022, Al Jazeera reported.
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Ahead of new election, many are still waiting for change after protests ousted Sri Lanka’s last president.
Two years ago, tens of thousands of Sri Lankans rose up against their president and forced him to flee the country. As the ...
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For Sri Lanka's minority Tamils, election offers little hope
Scarred by a decades-long civil war and struggling to survive in Sri Lanka's crippled economy, ethnic minority Tamils in the island nation say they have little hope they'll gain much from Saturday's ...