World Nov 15 Sri Lanka’s new president with Marxist-leanings wins two-thirds majority in parliament The party of Sri Lanka’s new Marxist-leaning President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has won a two-thirds majority in parliament.
World Sep 23 Dissanayake sworn in as Sri Lanka seeks to recover from severe economic crisis Marxist politician 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.
World Sep 22 Anura Kumara Dissanayake elected president of Sri Lanka as voters reject old guard Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake, whose pro-working class and anti-political elite campaigning made him popular among youth, won Sri Lanka’s presidential election, the Election Commission announced Sunday.
World Sep 21 Officials begin counting votes after polls close in Sri Lanka’s presidential election Voting has ended Saturday in Sri Lanka’s presidential election as the country seeks to recover from the worst economic crisis in its history and the resulting political upheaval.
World Jul 23 Unpopular Sri Lankan president consolidates power after victory In the wee hours Friday, army troops and police forcefully cleared the capital's main protest site of demonstrators who had occupied it for months, angry over the country's economic collapse.
World Jul 20 Sri Lankan lawmakers elect unpopular prime minister as new president Sri Lankan lawmakers have elected the country's unpopular prime minister as their new president.
World Jul 16 Sri Lankan lawmakers begin process of replacing president Parliament’s secretary general, Dhammika Dasanayake, said during a brief session on Saturday that nominations for the election of the new president will be heard on Tuesday and if there is more than one candidate, the lawmakers will vote on Wednesday.
World Jul 15 Sri Lankan prime minister sworn in as interim president amid protests over economic collapse Sri Lanka's prime minister was sworn in Friday as interim president until Parliament elects a successor to Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled abroad and resigned after mass protests over the country’s economic collapse.
World Jul 14 Sri Lanka political deadlock continues as protesters abandon occupied buildings Sri Lankan protesters retreated from government buildings they had seized and military troops reinforced security at the Parliament on Thursday.
World Jul 13 Sri Lankan president flees amid national crisis Sri Lanka's president has fled the country without stepping down, plunging a country already reeling from economic chaos into more political turmoil.