Sri Lanka’s New President Faces Daunting Challenges and High …
WEB1 hour ago · Two years after a seismic political and economic crisis rocked Sri Lanka and brought citizens to the streets in mass protests movements that ousted President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Sri Lanka’s citizens went to the polls to cast their votes for a new president. On September 21, Sri Lankans elected the left-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake over ...
Presidential Marxism: AKD And The Sri Lankan Elections
WEB1 hour ago · The very fact that it went to a second count with a voter turnout of 77% after a failure of any candidate to secure a majority was itself historic, the first since Sri Lankan independence in 1948. AKD’s presidential victory tickles and excites the election watchers for various reasons. He does not hail from any of the dynastic families that ...
Can Sri Lanka’s new leader Dissanayake reverse the country’s …
WEB1 day ago · Hamzah Rifaat Courtesy TRTWorld. The pro-Marxist official faces the daunting task of addressing a severe economic crisis while uniting a divided nation. ReutersSri Lanka’s newly elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake reads a document after being sworn in as president at the Presidential Secretariat, in …
LankaWeb – “Do the right thing at this particular moment”-Govt’s …
WEB1 hour ago · By Uditha Kumarasinghe Courtesy The Sunday Observer Prof. Anil Jayantha Senior Advisor to the President on Economic Affairs and Finance, Prof. Anil Jayantha said the Government has proposed certain tax reforms and its tax policy is based on the basic principle of fairness, simplicity and convenience while promoting economic growth and …
LankaWeb – From Protests to Power: Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s …
WEB1 day ago · Courtesy D.D.News India It is more than two years since the Aragalaya Protests shook Sri Lanka to the core. Aragalaya means Struggle in the Sinhala language. The imagery of people storming the Presidential Palace and hoisting the Sri Lankan national flag, amid slogans of ‘Gota Go Home’, is fresh in the minds of many, in this […]
LankaWeb – High-level IMF team to visit Sri Lanka this week
WEB1 day ago · A high-level IMF team led by Krishna Srinivasan, Director for the Asia Pacific Department, will be visiting Colombo October 2-4 to meet with President Dissanayake and the new economic team to discuss latest economic developments and economic reforms under Sri Lanka’s economic program supported by the IMF. The team will communicate at …
Sri Lankan election shines light on president’s legacy and links
WEBAug 20, 2024 · COLOMBO — Sri Lanka’s first presidential election since an economic crisis tipped the government into turmoil two years ago will focus attention on whether the unelected incumbent Ranil Wickremesinghe can hold on to his position. United National Party’s Wickremesinghe assumed the presidency after …
EC accepts nominations of all 39 presidential candidates
WEBAug 15, 2024 · The Election Commission of Sri Lanka says it has accepted the nominations of all 39 presidential candidates who submitted their nominations today (15) for the 2024 Presidential Election. The Election Commission Chairman R.M.A.L. Rathnayake announced that the three objections presented following the nomination submission, were rejected.
Sri Lankan Economy: Crisis, Consolidation, and Collaboration
WEBJun 3, 2024 · The pandemic exacerbated these issues, severely impacting vital economic sectors and leading to a significant GDP contraction of 7.8 per cent in 2022. Inflation soared, and the nation’s foreign reserves dwindled, pushing Sri Lanka towards an economic emergency culminating in a historic financial crisis. In response to the escalating crisis ...
Island-wide quarantine curfew in Sri Lanka further extended
WEBSep 10, 2021 · Courtesy Adaderana. The ongoing island-wide quarantine curfew orders will stay in effect for another week, the Cabinet Spokesman, Minister of Health Keheliya Rambukwella announced today.