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3 hours ago · Sri Lanka will vote on Sept. 21 to elect a new president, a government notice said on Friday, a crucial contest that is expected to determine the future of reforms in the South Asian island nation ...
6 hours ago · COLOMBO: Sri Lanka will vote on Sep 21 to elect a new president, a government notice said on Friday (Jul 26), a crucial contest that is expected to determine the future of reforms in the South ...
36 minutes ago · Sri Lanka will hold presidential election on Sept. 21, its first since declaring bankruptcy in 2022. Pedestrians walk past a cut out erected commending Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, July 26, 2023. Sri Lanka will hold a presidential election on Sept. 21. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
6 hours ago · July 25, 2024 at 8:15 PM PDT. Listen. 1:39. Sri Lanka will hold elections in September to elect a new president as the incumbent leader Ranil Wickremesinghe seeks a mandate for his tough fiscal ...
2 hours ago · Wickremesinghe has also successfully negotiated a restructure of Sri Lanka's $46 billion foreign debt with bilateral lenders including China, following a 2022 government default.
2 days ago · Country Facts. Capital, Population, Government... As Sri Lanka’s economic decline continued, the immense economic power held by the state provided the party in power with the opportunity for patronage, nepotism, and corruption. By 1977 unemployment had risen to about 15 percent.
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2 days ago · The island was ceded to the British in 1796, became a crown colony in 1802, and was formally united under British rule by 1815. As Ceylon, it became independent in 1948; the name was changed to Sri Lanka in 1972. Prevailing tensions between the Sinhalese majority and Tamil separatists erupted into war in 1983.
