Sri Lanka presidential contenders wrap up campaigning ahead of Saturday vote

Sri Lanka presidential contenders wrap up campaigning ahead of Saturday vote

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's presidential candidates wrapped up their campaigning on Wednesday, 48 hours before the election, pledging to fix the island country's ailing economy that is struggling to reco

Sri Lanka's 2022 'Aragalaya' revolt hangs heavy over presidential vote

COLOMBO - Just over two years since Sri Lanka's 'Aragalaya' uprising that deposed the nation's president, the movement that sparked the mass struggle is rallying behind Anura Kumara Dissanayake to lead the fight against corruption and revive a broken economy. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Sri Lanka’s 2022 ‘Aragalaya’ revolt hangs heavy over presidential vote

COLOMBO, Sept 18 — Just over two years since Sri Lanka’s ‘Aragalaya’ uprising that deposed the nation’s president, the movement that sparked the mass struggle is rallying behind Anura Kumara Dissanayake to lead the fight against corruption and revive a broken economy. Marxist-leaning Dissanayake, popularly known as AKD, will be vying to become the South Asian country’s new president as Sri Lankans prepare to vote on Saturday (September 21), hopi…

Sri Lanka presidential contenders wrap up campaigning ahead of Saturday vote - Regional Media News

By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s presidential candidates wrapped up their campaigning on Wednesday, 48 hours before the election, pledging to fix the island country’s ailing economy that is struggling to recover from a debilitating financial crisis. Over 17 million Sri Lankans will vote on Saturday to elect a new president for a five-year term, the first election since a severe shortfall of dollar reserves pushed the Sout…

Sri Lanka's 'Aragalaya' Revolt Hangs Heavy Over Presidential Vote

Sri Lanka’s ‘Aragalaya’ uprising that deposed the nation’s president two years back, is empowering Anura Kumara Dissanayake to lead the fight against corruption. What Is ‘Aragalaya’? ‘Aragalaya’ derived from the Sinhala word for ‘struggle’ was as movement that emerged in March 2022. At this time, thousands of people took to the streets in Sri Lanka […] The post Sri Lanka’s ‘Aragalaya’ Revolt Hangs Heavy Over Presidential Vote appeared first on S…