The Incumbent, the Marxist and the Heir: Sri Lanka’s Tight Race for ...
WEB17 hours ago · Anura Kumara Dissanayake, center in red, has tapped into popular disenchantment. Eranga Jayawardena/Associated Press. The party that Mr. Dissanayake leads was once behind deadly Marxist...
Sri Lanka's Marxist-leaning Dissanayake promises change as his ...
WEB1 day ago · COLOMBO, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Anura Kumara Dissanayake may lack the political lineage of some of his rivals, but his leftist policies to help the poor and stirring speeches have made him a leading...
Sri Lanka's Dissanayake a strong contender for president with his ...
WEBAug 27, 2024 · Dissanayake says despite his party’s long-held policy of nationalizing the country’s resources, they accept economic freedom and foreign trade. He plans to uphold the agreement with the IMF while his administration negotiates changes to ease the …
Two years after an unprecedented economic crisis, many Sri …
WEB21 hours ago · Mr Dissanayake, whose Marxist party played a major role in the 2022 protest movement, is hoping to capitalise on that distrust.
Vote count underway in Sri Lanka's presidential election after
WEB4 hours ago · 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 opposition...
Officials begin counting votes after polls close in Sri Lanka’s ...
WEB4 hours ago · 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 opposition...
Sri Lanka election 2024: Who could be the next president, what’s …
WEB1 day ago · Could Marxist Anura Dissanayake become Sri Lanka’s next president? Son of Sri Lanka’s ex-leader Mahinda Rajapaksa to run for president. Sri Lanka presidential election set for September 21 amid...
Sri Lanka's Dissanayake a strong contender for president with his ...
WEBAug 27, 2024 · Anura Kumara Dissanayake, leader of National People's Power alliance and its presidential candidate, says he's serving those who were part of public protests that ousted then-President Gotabaya...
Heavily indebted Sri Lanka votes in election to decide economic …
WEB23 hours ago · More than 17 million of Sri Lanka's 22 million people are eligible to vote at the presidential election that has shaped up to be a close contest between incumbent President Ranil Wickremesinghe,...
Sri Lanka's Dissanayake a Strong Contender for President With …
WEBAug 27, 2024 · Dissanayake said that his administration will not seek to punish anyone accused of human rights violations and war crimes during Sri Lanka's brutal 26-year civil war.
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