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Sri Lanka’s new president: “Is not a wizard”
share-arrowShare unsaveSave expand-left fullscreen Anura Kumara Dissanayake, a Marxist-inspired coalition leader from the People’s Power alliance, is Sri Lanka’s new president. Photo taken in connection with Monday’s ceremony in Colombo.…
Marxist candidate tops Sri Lanka’s presidential election | News in brief
The Marxist candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayaka is getting the most votes in Sri Lanka’s presidential election. However, it is still unclear whether the elections will go to a second round.…
Sri Lanka’s fugitive ex-president Rajapaksa returns home
Former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who left the country after the protests that started due to the deepening economic crisis in Sri Lanka, returned to his country. It was learned that…
Economic crisis and street anger: will other countries follow Sri Lanka’s path?
It’s a dizzying number. According to the World Bank, a 1% rise in food prices creates 500,000 additional poor people in the world. So, in view of the current inflation…
Sri Lanka’s new president sworn in
Published: Just now full screenRanil Wickremesinghe at a Buddhist temple on Wednesday. Photo: Eranga Jayawardena / AP / TT Former Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has been sworn in…
Unpopular prime minister becomes Sri Lanka’s new president, expected to lift country from economic crisis – protesters: “Go home, Ranil!”
Wickremesinghe’s biggest task is to rescue Sri Lanka from the economic crisis that has brought the people to the streets to protest for weeks. In his acceptance speech, he hoped…
Sri Lanka’s parliament to elect new leader
It was during great drama that former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country earlier this week. His formal resignation has now been accepted and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will take…
Sri Lanka’s president has left the country – afraid of being arrested
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has fled the country. According to the news agency Agence France-Presse (AFP), he has now landed in the Maldives with his wife and bodyguard. Rajapaksa…
Sri Lanka’s leadership is leaving after chaos
Published: Less than 30 minutes ago Protesters walk around the president’s residence in Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo. 1 of 3Photo: Eranga Jayawardena / AP / TT Sri Lanka’s President and…
Sri Lanka’s leadership is leaving after chaos
Saturday’s wild protests were the culmination of several months of demonstrations intensified by an ever-deepening economic crisis. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa announced his resignation after his official residence and office in…