#Anura Kumara Dissanayake Sep 26, 2024
Sri Lanka’s new leftist President wants to dissolve parliament, renegotiate with IMF
Sri Lankans elected leftist politician Anura Kumara Dissanayake as the new president in the debt-ridden country’s first election since its economy collapsed in 2022. The 55-year-old defeated his nearest rival, opposition leader Sajith Premadasa, to emerge as the clear winner after a historic second round of counting, which included second-preference votes, after no candidate won […]
By Abhijit Nag