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IMF team arrives in Sri Lanka for third review under EFF program
20 hours ago · A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), led by its Senior Mission Chief for Sri Lanka Peter Breuer, has arrived in Sri Lanka this evening (17). The team will remain in in the country until November 23 and during their stay will conduct the third review of Sri Lanka’s economic reform program supported by the IMF’s Extended Fund ...
The Political Tsunami in Sri Lanka’s Parliamentary Elections
18 hours ago · Parliamentary elections in recent years had never seen what resulted in nothing short of a tsunami on 14 November 2024. The silver lining was that virtually all of the old brigade who had entered parliament from different parties were voted out. A single party for the first time gained a majority in Parliament sans any alliance king-makers.
LankaWeb – The IMF Versus President AKD’s Mandate: Is Debt ...
18 hours ago · International Monetary Fund head, Kristalina Georgieva, claimed Sri Lanka as a debt restructuring ‘success’ story at the Annual Meetings in Washington last month.[i] Left unsaid was the fact that the geostrategic county’s debt had ballooned from $ 26 billion to a purported whopping $100 ...
LankaWeb – SOME COMMENTS ON THE GENERAL ELECTION OF …
18 hours ago · There was a sharp drop in voter turnout, which was between 55% and 65% in contrast to the 79% who voted as the Presidential election. [1] The voter turnout at Colombo was 65%, Nuwara-Eliya 68%, Matara 64%, Batticaloa 61%, Puttalam 56%, Anuradhapura 65% and Kurunegala 64%. There is a clear pattern in the voting response.
LankaWeb – 2024 General Election: Voter turnout down 10
1 day ago · The Commissioner General of Elections Saman Sri Rathnayake states that there has been a significant reduction by 10% of the voter turnout in 2024 General Election, in comparison with Sri Lanka’s Presidential Election which was held in September 21. The Elections Commissioner General also confirmed that 5% of the ballots casted have been ...
LankaWeb – Sri Lankan president’s leftist coalition scores landslide ...
3 days ago · The Election Commission of Sri Lanka has released the all-island final results in the 2024 General Election with the National People’s Power (NPP) securing a resounding victory in the Parliamentary Poll. NPP has won 159 seats including 18 bonus seats after polling a total of over 6.8 million votes, which is 61.56% of the total votes counted.
Sri Lanka’s New President Faces Daunting Challenges and High …
Oct 1, 2024 · Two years after a seismic political and economic crisis rocked Sri Lanka and brought citizens to the streets in mass protests movements that ousted President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Sri Lanka’s citizens went to the polls to cast their votes for a new president. On September 21, Sri Lankans elected the left-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake over ...
LankaWeb – News
Thursday, July 18th, 2024. LankaPropertyWeb Colombo, Sri Lanka – In 2023, overseas interest in Sri Lankan properties surged by 33% compared to the previous year, as reported in the Real Estate Market Outlook Report 2024 (REMOR24) by LankaPropertyWeb, the leading real estate portal in Sri Lanka. According to the report, the demand for ...
Sri Lankan election shines light on president’s legacy and links
Aug 20, 2024 · COLOMBO — Sri Lanka’s first presidential election since an economic crisis tipped the government into turmoil two years ago will focus attention on whether the unelected incumbent Ranil Wickremesinghe can hold on to his position. United National Party’s Wickremesinghe assumed the presidency after Gotabaya Rajapaksa was ousted in the ...