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Marxist leads presidential vote as Sri Lanka rejects the old order
Published on 22/09/2024
» COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Marxist candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake led the early counting in Sri Lanka’s presidential elections Sunday, riding a wave of popular anger at the established political order that has run the South Asian nation’s economy into the ground.
Candidates vying to lead economy out of crisis
News, Published on 21/09/2024
» Sri Lanka's upcoming presidential election has become a referendum on a US$3 billion (99.1 billion baht) International Monetary Fund loan programme that has helped to pull the island nation out of its worst economic crisis since independence. The contest pits the incumbent president, who negotiated the bailout, against the country's main opposition leader -- both members of the Sri Lankan political elite -- and a Marxist politician waging a populist campaign. The three have put contrasting views before voters over how to steer the South Asian nation past the crisis.
Rajapaksa scion running for president of Sri Lanka
Published on 07/08/2024
» COLOMBIA - A scion of the powerful Rajapaksa clan is running for the presidency of Sri Lanka in elections next month, more than two years after his populist uncle had to flee the country and resign amid an economic crisis.
Sri Lanka: A bad 'Band of Brothers'
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 16/07/2022
» 'How did you go bankrupt?" Bill asked (in Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel The Sun Also Rises). "Two ways," Mike said. "Gradually and then suddenly." Sri Lanka is much the same.
Crisis-hit Sri Lanka set for new PM, unity government
AFP, Published on 12/05/2022
» COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's president was set to name a new premier Thursday to replace his brother, who was banned from leaving the country after his supporters launched violent attacks on a protest against the country's dire economic crisis.
Is struggling Sri Lanka salvageable?
Oped, Published on 08/04/2022
» Last Sunday -- with two notable exceptions -- Sri Lanka's cabinet resigned en masse in protest against the government's handling of the worst economic crisis to hit the island in decades, which has sparked widespread rioting, unrest, and arson attacks on police property.
Hundreds storm Sri Lanka president's home as crisis deepens
AFP, Published on 01/04/2022
» COLOMBO - Police fired tear gas and water cannon at hundreds of protesters trying to storm the home of Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in the capital Thursday, demanding his resignation as the South Asian nation's economic crisis worsened.
ASEAN Foundation joins hands with Huawei to bridge digital talent gap in Asia Pacific
Published on 08/11/2021
» The ASEAN Foundation and Huawei signed MoU on joint efforts to bridge the digital talent gap at the Asia Pacific Innovation Day – Digital Talent Summit 2021 on Wednesday, November 3. The online summit brought together policymakers, researchers and industry experts to share solutions and best practices in building a sustainable ecosystem that will help foster digital talents in the Asia Pacific.
Sri Lankan crisis over as Rajapaksa bows out
Published on 15/12/2018
» COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s political crisis appeared to be over on Saturday as strongman Mahinda Rajapaksa bowed out of a power battle that had crippled the country for seven weeks and sent it heading for a possible debt default.