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3 weeks, 6 days ago

'Like a warm hug from home': The addictive love cake only baked at Christmas

BBC

'Like a warm hug from home': The addictive love cake only baked at Christmas Dhayanie Williams Fruity, nutty and slightly tangy, this deliciously rich, spiced cake symbolises love and affection – and making it is a true labour of love. Sri Lankan-born chef Dhayanie Williams – a media personality and MasterChef Australia contestant – says that love cake has a …

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1 month, 1 week ago

DC Edit | Lankans vote for change under Anura; Tamils too

Deccan Chronicle

The Sri Lankan people wanted change. Popular politicians had fleeced a country already suffering the aftereffects of the Covid pandemic so dry that the island nation’s biggest economic crisis had come to spur a citizens’ uprising that shook Colombo two years ago. The definitive desire for change was reflected in the mandate when Anura Kumara Dissanayake, presidential candidate of the …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Explained: Anura Dissanayake’s NPP wins snap elections in Sri Lanka – A turning point for the island nation?

Live Mint

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's leftist coalition has won a landslide victory in the country snap parliamentary polls. “Sri Lankans handed Anura Kumara Dissanayake a thumping win in a snap general election, giving its new leftist president greater legislative power to pursue policies to alleviate poverty and fight graft as the country recovers from a financial meltdown,” a reports …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Sri Lankans vote in parliamentary election

Deccan Chronicle

Colombo: Sri Lankans on Thursday began voting in the snap parliamentary election, the first major test of the ruling National People's Power party led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.The voting is taking place at over 13,314 polling stations across the country. Sri Lankans on Thursday began voting in the snap parliamentary election, the first major test of the ruling National …

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Sri Lanka votes today: President Dissanayake faces litmus test as NPP aims for majority control

Live Mint

Sri Lankans are heading to the polls today for a crucial parliamentary election that will determine the future political landscape of the island nation. Dissanayake's Presidential Win in Sri Lanka In September, Anura Kumara Dissanayake won the presidential election, marking a significant shift away from the traditional political parties that have ruled Sri Lanka since its independence in 1948. Dissanayake’s …

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1 month, 1 week ago

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

Associated Press

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lankans voted in a parliamentary election Thursday that is key for the country’s new, Marxist-leaning president to consolidate his party’s power and follow through on promises of economic recovery. The biggest challenge for the NPP — which was founded in 2019 and is a relative newcomer on Sri Lanka’s political scene — is that many …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Sri Lanka parliamentary elections 2024: What’s at stake?

Al Jazeera

Here is why the upcoming parliamentary election is so significant for newly-elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake. Sri Lankans will cast ballots in a snap parliamentary election on Thursday, months after electing a Marxist-leaning president in the Indian island nation’s first election since the 2022 economic meltdown and political crisis. “At stake is the ability of newly-elected President Dissanayake to pursue …

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3 months ago

Sri Lanka has entered a new dawn with its new president. What does the diaspora think of Anura Dissanayake?

ABC

For decades, Sri Lankan politics has looked like a revolving door through which the same parties and families have come and gone. Unlike many of Sri Lanka's past presidents, Mr Dissanayake has no political lineage and is from the socialist National People's Power party which he founded in 2019. For some of Sri Lanka's younger generation the election result "was …

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3 months ago

Marxist Dissanayake wins Sri Lanka’s presidential election as voters reject old guard

Associated Press

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake won Sri Lanka’s presidential election, the Election Commission announced Sunday, after voters rejected the old political guard that has been widely accused of pushing the South Asian nation into economic ruin. Supporters Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake cheer as they watch presidential election results on a big electronic screen in Colombo, …

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3 months ago

Sri Lankans ousted Rajapaksa clan from power two years ago. Now they are back in the fray

The Independent

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3 months ago

How economic pain came to trump ethnic and religious issues in Sri Lanka’s election

The Independent

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3 months ago

Vote count underway in Sri Lanka’s presidential election after years of turmoil

Associated Press

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Voting ended in Sri Lanka’s presidential election Saturday as the country seeks to recover from the worst economic crisis in its history and the resulting political upheaval. They will show whether Sri Lankans approve of Wickremesinghe’s leadership of a fragile recovery, including restructuring Sri Lanka’s debt under an International Monetary Fund bailout program after it defaulted …

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3 months ago

Protests ousted Sri Lanka’s last president. Ahead of new election, many are still waiting for change

Associated Press

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Two years ago, tens of thousands of Sri Lankans rose up against their president and forced him to flee the country. Days after Rajapaksa fled the country, Sri Lanka’s parliament replaced him with then-prime minister Ranil Wickremensignhe in a vote that many protesters saw as a victory for the status quo. Pathum Kerner, a 42-year-old physician …

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3 months ago

Sri Lanka’s presidential election a test for current leader, 2 years after its economy hit bottom

Associated Press

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Two years ago, food cart worker Fathima Shiyama had to wait in line, sometimes for days, to get cooking gas, fuel and other essentials. Fathima Shiyama, 48, prepares local delicacies at home, to be sold later from her food cart, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024. A man sits next to election posters of …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Sri Lankans’ fury forced the powerful Rajapaksa clan out. Now its heir is running for president

Associated Press

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — When an uprising ousted Sri Lanka’s president, many saw it as the end of his powerful family’s hold on the island nation after more than 12 years of rule. Alan Keenan, senior consultant on Sri Lanka at the International Crisis Group, said the younger Rajapaksa’s bid for the presidency is a test run that would establish …

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6 months, 1 week ago

‘Duped’ Sri Lankans fighting in Russia-Ukraine war

The Hindu

When Sri Lanka's economy crashed in 2022, people sought work abroad wherever they could find it — including ex-soldiers who joined forces fighting in Ukraine after Russia's invasion. Colombo's parliament set up an inquiry last month to track at least 2,000 battle-hardened Sri Lankans who reportedly enlisted on both sides of the Ukraine war, including in the regular armed forces …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Sri Lanka arrests alleged handler of Islamic State suspects held in India

The Hindu

Sri Lanka has arrested the suspected handler of four of its nationals who were arrested at Ahmedabad airport in India for their alleged links with the banned Islamic State outfit. The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad arrested four Sri Lankans with links to ISIS at the airport in Ahmedabad. Commenting on the investigations so far, police spokesperson Nihal Thalduwa said Sri Lanka …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Why are South Asians going to fight in the Russia-Ukraine war?

Al Jazeera

Young men from India, Nepal and Sri Lanka are on the front lines of Russia’s war on Ukraine. Several Sri Lankans living in Russia told Al Jazeera that hundreds of their compatriots were now serving Russia’s military. A retired Sri Lankan soldier, now a recruit for Russia, told Al Jazeera on the condition of anonymity that he was less worried …

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8 months, 4 weeks ago

‘Waiting for a call from Daddy’: Sri Lankans die in Russia’s Ukraine war

Al Jazeera

At least two Sri Lankans have been killed fighting for Russia in Ukraine, and three on the Ukrainian side. Colombo, Sri Lanka – Badly wounded from a Ukrainian attack on a Russian bunker in the Donetsk region, Sri Lankan fighter Senaka Bandara* tried to carry his fellow countryman, Nipuna Silva*, to safety. The two reported deaths add to the three …

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10 months, 1 week ago

Sri Lankans are squabbling over monuments

Hindustan Times

On a wooded hill edged by rice fields in Sri Lanka’s northern Mullaitivu district sit the ruins of an ancient Buddhist monastery. For Sinhalese nationalists such as Ellawala Medhananda, a Buddhist monk and author of a popular book on the Buddhist heritage of Sri Lanka’s north and east, such ruins serve a keen political purpose. At the heart of the …

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1 year, 1 month ago

NZ vs SL | Kiwis ‘almost’ seal a semifinal spot after Sri Lankans fail to put up a challenge

The Hindu

New Zealand moved into prime position to grab the last World Cup semifinal spot with a comfortable five-wicket win over Sri Lanka at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on November 9. Scoreboard: Sri Lanka innings: Pathum Nissanka c Latham b Southee 2 Kusal Perera c Santner b Ferguson 51 Kusal Mendis c Ravindra b Boult 6 Sadeera Samarawickrama c …

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1 year, 2 months ago

SA vs SL ICC World Cup 2023: How to watch

Live Mint

The fourth match of the ICC Men's World Cup 2023 is going to be played between Temba Bavuma-led South Africa and Dasun Shanaka-led Sri Lanka at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on October 7. The clash between the Proteas and Sri Lankans would be interesting to watch as the Lankans would like to recover from the 2023 Asia Cup final …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Asia Cup 2023 final | Siraj storm blows away the Sri Lankans, India sprints to title

The Hindu

The bright and sunny afternoon turned overcast 10 minutes before the scheduled start. Riding on Mohammed Siraj’s sensational opening burst, India bundled out Sri Lanka for 50 in just 89 minutes. Mohammed Siraj’s day out Siraj’s five wickets off 16 deliveries is the joint quickest along with Chaminda Vaas’ effort for Sri Lanka against Bangladesh He is the first Indian …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Four Sri Lankans arrive in Dhanushkodi, say economic crisis has made life unaffordable in the island nation

The Hindu

Four of a family from Jaffna in Sri Lanka reached the Dhanushkodi islet on a boat in the early hours of Monday, Marine Police in Rameswaram said. Due to the ongoing economic crisis in Sri Lanka, the family said they were unable to survive as essential commodities were either scarce or unaffordable. Officials at the rehabilitation centre said that about …

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'Like a warm hug from home': The addictive love cake only baked at Christmas

DC Edit | Lankans vote for change under Anura; Tamils too

Explained: Anura Dissanayake’s NPP wins snap elections in Sri Lanka – A turning point for the island nation?

Sri Lankans vote in parliamentary election

Sri Lanka votes today: President Dissanayake faces litmus test as NPP aims for majority control

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

Sri Lanka parliamentary elections 2024: What’s at stake?

Sri Lanka has entered a new dawn with its new president. What does the diaspora think of Anura Dissanayake?

Marxist Dissanayake wins Sri Lanka’s presidential election as voters reject old guard

Sri Lankans ousted Rajapaksa clan from power two years ago. Now they are back in the fray

How economic pain came to trump ethnic and religious issues in Sri Lanka’s election

Vote count underway in Sri Lanka’s presidential election after years of turmoil

Protests ousted Sri Lanka’s last president. Ahead of new election, many are still waiting for change

Sri Lanka’s presidential election a test for current leader, 2 years after its economy hit bottom

Sri Lankans’ fury forced the powerful Rajapaksa clan out. Now its heir is running for president

‘Duped’ Sri Lankans fighting in Russia-Ukraine war

Sri Lanka arrests alleged handler of Islamic State suspects held in India

Why are South Asians going to fight in the Russia-Ukraine war?

‘Waiting for a call from Daddy’: Sri Lankans die in Russia’s Ukraine war

Sri Lankans are squabbling over monuments

NZ vs SL | Kiwis ‘almost’ seal a semifinal spot after Sri Lankans fail to put up a challenge

SA vs SL ICC World Cup 2023: How to watch

Asia Cup 2023 final | Siraj storm blows away the Sri Lankans, India sprints to title

Four Sri Lankans arrive in Dhanushkodi, say economic crisis has made life unaffordable in the island nation