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LankaWeb – Sri Lankan president hopes to ramp up support in ...
Nov 14, 2024 · Courtesy VOA. New Delhi — Millions of Sri Lankans voted Thursday to choose a new parliament in a key election that will decide if the country’s new leftist president gets the mandate to push ahead with his agenda of improving lives for millions of people struggling with an economic downturn and stamping out corruption.
LankaWeb – President vows to fully utilize his powers to tackle ...
2 days ago · Courtesy Adaderana President Anura Kumara Dissanayake reaffirmed his commitment to fully exercising his authority to combat fraud and corruption, stressing that laws are meaningless if those in power fail to fulfill their responsibilities effectively. Speaking at the National Commemoration of the International Anti-Corruption Day held at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall ...
LankaWeb – Sri Lanka’s new government reverses key economic …
Nov 5, 2024 · Courtesy The Telegraph Online (India) The government reversed the Electricity Act, approved in June this year under then-president Ranil Wickremesinghe’s government The new National People’s Power (NPP) government in Sri Lanka on Tuesday announced its first reversal of a key element in the ongoing IMF bailout programme concerning the …
Sri Lanka to ink debt deals by year’s end – Minister
6 days ago · Sri Lanka vowed Thursday to complete its long-delayed foreign debt restructure within the month before a 2025 budget adhering to strict revenue targets set by the International Monetary Fund. The island nation defaulted on its $46 billion external debt in April 2022 after running out of foreign ...
LankaWeb – New Cabinet of Ministers sworn in; President will …
Nov 18, 2024 · Courtesy The Island The new Cabinet of Ministers was sworn in before President Anura Kumara Dissanayake at the Presidential Secretariat this morning (18). President Anura Kumara Dissanayake will retain the ministerial portfolios of Defence, Finance, Economic Development and Digital Economy Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya – Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational ...
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Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, November 29 (Daily Mirror)- Floods caused by deep depression that created havoc in many parts of the country started receding today but some areas including the Northern Province are still facing risk, the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said. As per the DMC, floods in almost all 24 districts have begun […]
Sri Lanka’s Dissanayake in early lead to become president
Sep 21, 2024 · Courtesy cna Anura Kumara Dissanayake, the presidential candidate from National People’s Power, addresses his supporters during an election campaign rally ahead of the presidential election, on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sep 18, 2024.
LankaWeb – Political forces and repolarisation in Sri Lanka
Sep 27, 2024 · By Sugeeswara Senadhira/Ceylon Today. Colombo, September 27: The ardent desire of the people of Sri Lanka for a change became evident from the phenomenal rise of Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) led National People’s Power (NPP) from a ‘mere 3% to near 50%’ at the polling last Saturday enabling Anura Kumara Dissanayake to become the President.
Sri Lanka’s New President Faces Daunting Challenges and High …
Oct 1, 2024 · By: Tamanna Salikuddin; Nilanthi Samaranayake Courtesy United States Institute of Peace KEY TAKEAWAYS 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.
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