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Sri Lanka votes for new parliament

Sri Lanka votes for new parliament as economic recovery hangs in balance

Sri Lanka began voting in a snap election on Thursday which will determine if the island nation wants to empower its new, leftist President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to push his pro-poor policies as it recovers from a financial meltdown.

The Associated Press on MSN · 4h

Voting ends in Sri Lanka's parliamentary election that's key for its new Marxist-leaning president

Sri Lankans have voted in a parliamentary election that's key for their new, Marxist-leaning president to consolidate his party’s power and follow through on promises of economic recovery.

Press Trust of India on MSN · 3h

Sri Lanka votes for new parliament, results to trickle in after midnight

Sri Lanka on Thursday voted to elect a new parliament, a first major test for the ruling National People's Power (NPP) party led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake

Bloomberg L.P.10h

Sri Lanka Counts Parliament Votes as Leader Seeks to Boost Power

Sri Lanka began counting votes in a parliamentary election that will decide whether the nation’s outsider leftist ...

The Hindu5h

Anura expects to secure a ‘strong presence’ in Sri Lanka’s Parliament

The two national elections this year assume great significance for Sri Lanka, as the country tries to get past a ...

Reuters on MSN1d

Sri Lanka's first transgender candidate hopes to break political, social barriers

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Chanu Nimesha is contesting Sri Lanka's parliamentary election on Thursday as ... she was the first ...

New leftist president faces first litmus test in Parliament

THE country’s new leftist leader has drawn strong support from an unlikely source as he seeks to expand his three parliamentary seats to a house majority in elections on Thursday.

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