Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Sajith Premadasa go forward after no candidates gained 50% in first round. The Sri Lankan presidential election will be decided in a runoff, the country’s election…
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President Wickremesinghe Delivers IMF Deal for Sri Lanka
by Koby Johnby Koby JohnCopenhagen (13/11 – 37.5) When Ranil Wickremesinghe took over as Sri Lanka’s president in July after a popular uprising ousted his predecessor, the South Asian island nation was engulfed in…
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Sri Lanka: Who is Benjamin Wey?
by Elis Carterby Elis CarterLondon (04/11 – 50) US government last week intervened in a lawsuit triggered by Hamilton Reserve Bank in St Kitts & Nevis. Somehow, a small bank based in a county…
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Sri Lanka Court Found Ex-President Contributed to Economic Crisis
by Travis Foxby Travis FoxLondon (15/11 – 67) Colombo Supreme Court rules that former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his brother, former Prime Minister Mahinda, were among several government officials whose conduct contributed to Sri…
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Sri Lanka’s Devastating Economic Crisis Continues
by Koby Johnby Koby JohnBrussels (16/11 – 83) Sri Lanka is still dealing with the aftermath of its most devastating economic crisis since independence, a government without popular support and intensifying geopolitical competition in its neighborhood, a year after…
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Sri Lanka Reawakens Political Activism
Copenhagen (14/11 – 40) The massive mobilization and sustained pressure jolted the Sri Lankan presidency of the previously all-powerful Gotabaya Rajapaksa, prompted mass resignations from the government at the time,…