He lost the election, but became the president using the bonus seat.

Media reports about efforts at political level from India to influence political leaders in Sri Lanka regarding the parliamentary vote to appoint a new President for the island nation are Âbaseless and Âpurely speculativeÂ, the Indian High Commission in Colombo said earlier today.

The International Monetary Fund hopes to complete rescue talks with Sri Lanka Âas quickly as possible, Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Wednesday, hours before the crisis-hit South Asian nation elected a new president.

ECONOMYNEXT – India has denied speculation that the country was influencing a parliamentary vote to select a president for Sri Lanka.“We have seen baseless and purely speculative media reports about efforts at political level from India to influence political leaders in Sri Lanka regarding elections in the Sri Lankan Parliament to the post of the President of Sri Lanka,” the Indi...

Wickremesinghe won 134 votes

The country is in the process of electing an interim President

Independent and minority political parties have pledged support to Alahapperuma, but he is not favoured by the SLPP

Overnight clean money volumes down to zero, sporadic repo activity

Sri Lanka s parliament will vote today to elect a new president to replace Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who resigned last week after months of demonstrations over an unprecedented economic crisis.

Blindfolding the statue: By Laleen Jayamanne “I have never found anything to excite the people in quite the way this language issue does”–– Prime Minister SWRD Bandaranaike to a journalist. If true, this observation attributed to Prime Minister SWRD Bandaranaike, is quite chilling in its cynicism. ‘Excitement’ is a political emotion here and SWRD appears to […]

By Austin Fernando I am proud that I have served all Executive Presidents of Sri Lanka from Presidents JR Jayewardene to Gotabaya Rajapaksa at some stage or another. I may be the only public ‘officer’ to have done so. With Mahinda Rajapaksa, it was secondary, but I was his ‘lifesaver’ along with Ranil Wickremesinghe. (See […]

DR. DAYAN JAYATILLEKA This may come as a surprise to you, but we’ve been here before. In August 1953, there was a two-day work stoppage and civil disobedience campaign by the island’s people, called by the left parties. Protest covered the South and the North. The LSSP and CP led, the Federal Party participated, and […]

Wednesday 20th July, 2022 Parliament will elect a new President today. The contest is actually between two candidates, Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe and SLPP MP Dullas Alahapperuma. NPP MP Anura Kumara Dissanayake will be an also-ran. Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa pulled out of the race at the eleventh hour following an understanding with Alahapperuma; if the latter […]

By Anushka Kahandagamage, University of Otago, New Zealand This essay is about how our politicians look at educational reforms. The positions of two of the key characters mentioned in this essay have now radically changed. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has fled the country amidst a popular uprising and Dhammika Perera has resigned his ministerial position in […]

The government told an all-party meeting on Tuesday that India is naturally worried over the Sri Lankan crisis and there are Âvery strong lessons of fiscal prudence, responsible governance and not having Âa culture of freebies to be drawn from it.

COLOMBO (News 1st); As Sri Lanka continues to reel under a political and economic crisis, the Indian government has decided to hold an all-party meeting Tuesday (19) to discuss the situation in the neighbouring country. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi Sunday said that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will, during […]Sri Lanka crisis:...

Market hopes an all-party government under new president could ease political crisis.

Premadasa is promised of Prime Minister post of Alahapperuma wins

Political analysts have predicted Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe to be the forerunner in the presidential

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