Sri Lankans vote in a presidential election that will decide how it ...
WEB15 hours ago · COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankans began voting Saturday in a presidential election that will determine the course of the country’s recovery from its worst economic crisis and resulting political upheaval.. 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 ...
A Tight Race in Sri Lanka Two Years After Its President Fled
WEB12 hours ago · Sept. 21, 2024, 12:01 a.m. ET. Sri Lanka will hold a presidential election on Saturday for the first time since its strongman president fled the country two years ago in the face of protests over ...
Sri Lanka to vote in first election since protests ousted president
WEB17 hours ago · BBC News. Reporting fromColombo. Sri Lankans will elect a new president in the first election since mass protests sparked by the country's worst-ever economic crisis unseated the leader in 2022 ...
Sri Lankans vote in a presidential election that will decide ... - ABC News
WEB15 hours ago · Sri Lankans are voting in a presidential election that will determine the course of the country’s recovery from its worst economic crisis and resulting political upheaval COLOMBO, Sri Lanka ...
Sri Lanka has more women voters than men but no female presidential …
WEB12 hours ago · COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Women make up more than half of the voters in Sri Lanka, but not a single one will be on the ballot in Saturday’s presidential election.. The island nation of more than 22 million people is voting for a president to take its economy forward after it went through an unprecedented financial crisis two years ago that led to the ouster of its head of government.
Crisis-hit Sri Lanka votes in crucial election to decide economic ...
WEB18 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 ...
Voting under way in first Sri Lanka election since economic collapse
WEB11 hours ago · Sri Lanka began voting in its first presidential election Saturday since the country's economic collapse, with the unpopular IMF austerity plan at the forefront of voters' minds. President Ranil ...
Sri Lanka election 2024: Who could be the next president, what’s …
WEB1 day ago · An independent body called the Election Commission of Sri Lanka (ECSL) oversees the election. About 17 million people out of Sri Lanka’s 22-million population are eligible to vote.
Sri Lanka is yearning to turn a page as country votes in presidential ...
WEB15 hours ago · Sri Lanka's presidential election is a pivotal moment in the nation's history - the first electoral process taking place after the protests of 2022. By Neville Lazarus, news reporter, in Sri Lanka ...
Sri Lankans Vote in a Presidential Election That Will Decide How …
WEB15 hours ago · Women election officials walk past security personnel outside a distribution center before collecting polling materials for the upcoming presidential election, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, Sept ...