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Sri Lanka presidential election goes to historic second count

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Sri Lanka presidential election goes to historic second count

Colombo: In a historic first, Sri Lanka’s presidential election on Sunday went into a second round of counting after no candidate secured over 50 per cent vote needed to be declared the winner. The latest results showed Anura Kumara Dissanayake of the Marxist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna party’s broader front National People’s Power (NPP) had won … Read more

Sri Lanka ex-leader Gotabaya Rajapaksa claims he was ousted over China investments

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Sri Lanka ex-leader Gotabaya Rajapaksa claims he was ousted over China investments

Former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa ended a long silence over his ouster Thursday by releasing a book claiming “geopolitical rivalry” between China and other countries was responsible for his downfall. Rajapaksa was forced into temporary exile after protesters stormed his official residence in 2022, following months of street protests over the island nation’s worst-ever … Read more