Anura Kumara Dissanayake sworn in as Sri Lanka's president - BBC
WEB1 day ago · Sri Lanka's new president Anura Kumara Dissanayake has been sworn into office, promising "clean" politics as the country recovers from its worst economic crisis. The left-leaning Dissanayake has ...
Who is Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Sri Lanka's new Marxist …
WEB18 hours ago · COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Marxist politician Anura Dissanayake won Sri Lanka’s presidential election over the weekend, dealing a blow to a political old guard that has been widely blamed for the unprecedented economic crisis that hit the South Asian island nation two years ago. Dissanayake, whose pro …
Sri Lanka election: Marxist Anura Kumara Dissanayake becomes …
WEB1 day ago · COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Marxist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake was sworn in as Sri Lanka’s president on Monday after an election that saw voters reject an old guard accused of leading the country into economic crisis. Dissanayake, 55, who ran as head of the Marxist-leaning National People’s Power coalition, defeated opposition leader ...
Sri Lanka election results: Marxist-leaning Dissanayake elected as ...
WEB1 day ago · COLOMBO Reuters —. Sri Lankans elected Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake as their new president on Sunday, putting faith in his pledge to fight corruption and bolster a fragile economic ...
Anura Kumara Dissanayake takes oath as Sri Lanka’s next president
WEB23 hours ago · Marxist-leaning politician Anura Kumara Dissanayake has taken his oath as Sri Lanka’s new president after he was declared the winner of Saturday’s election. Dissanayake took his oath at the ...
Sri Lanka election: Marxist leader Dissanayake leads early vote …
WEB1 day ago · Updated 2:24 AM PDT, September 22, 2024. COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake was leading Sri Lanka’s presidential election after knocking out the incumbent liberal President Ranil Wickremesinghe from the race, as officials on Sunday began a second round of …
Sri Lanka Elects Leftist Leader Dissanayake as President - The …
WEB2 days ago · Reporting from Colombo, Sri Lanka. The Marxist candidate, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, was elected president of Sri Lanka on Sunday, riding a wave of popular anger at the established political order ...
Sri Lanka elects Marxist-leaning Dissanayake as president to fix ...
WEB1 day ago · Anura Kumara Dissanayake has been declared the winner of the island nation’s presidential election, according to the Election Commission of Sri Lanka. The Marxist-leaning Dissanayake, 55, leader ...
Marxist-leaning Dissanayake wins Sri Lanka’s election: What’s next?
WEB12 hours ago · Dissanayake, 55, won the presidency with 55.8 percent of the vote in the second round. His closest rival, Sajith Premadasa, got the remaining 44.2 percent of the vote. In the first round ...
Who is Sri Lanka’s new president Anura Kumara Dissanayake?
WEB1 day ago · Dissanayake was born on 24 November, 1968 in Galewela, a multi-cultural and multi-religious town in central Sri Lanka. Raised as a member of the middle-class, he is public school educated, has a ...
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