News about Sri Lanka

Sajith Premadasa waves as he arrives at the election commission office in Colombo in Sri Lanka on September 22, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Sri Lanka’s Leader of Opposition Sajith …

“100% sure.” That is what Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Sri Lanka’s President-elect, said days before the September 21 election, when a visiting journalist asked if he could win the presidential race. …

People wait in a queue to cast their votes at a polling center during the Presidential election on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka on September 21, 2024. | Photo …