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Sri Lanka, in the midst of a crisis, announced its first election last Wednesday after the president fled. This is the first test of the popularity of Ranil Wickremesinghe, who became the President after Gotabhaya.. 'Al Jazeera Economic times 04.01.2023...

In Sri Lanka's political history, '3' is not a good number. The year with three as the last digit was a watershed moment in Sri Lanka's political history. This began in 1953. The largest hartal in Sri Lanka began in...

How Greece and Argentina Conducted Elections Despite Bankruptcy After the economic crisis that emerged in Greece in 2011 and the country went bankrupt, the first thing Greece did was to go to the IMF and the European Union and appoint...

30 years, from 1994 to 2024. For all those 30 years, the U.N.P. has won only one mini-election...' This is the story told by a green U.N.P. stalwart.  The reason for that is that for the U.N.P. leader  the mini-election...

The 'I.M.F. contract was to be completed in August. Due to the struggle, it was postponed to September...' This is the story that Ranil told the world on July 30 when he became president. He said that because of the...

Hector Kobbekaduwa, the candidate of the left-wing parties led by the SLFP in the 1982 presidential election, didn't give a damn about the D. M. Rajapakse family. The reason was that D.M. Rajapakse family members Mahinda, Basil, and the crowd...

"Someone tells me to be a Hitler in front of me and I immediately condemn that statement..." Ranil Wickramasinghe Sunday Observer 23.06.2018 This is Ranil's response to Reverend Anunayake Upali Thero of the Asgiri chapter's advice to Gotabhaya to be...

After winning the general election in 1977, Ranasinghe Premadasa approached JR with the proposal to release JVP leaders and members, including their leader Rohana Wijeweera. During the 1977 general election, Premadasa spoke out against the anti-democratic measures taken by then-Prime...

In the 2006 by-election, Milinda Moragoda, who was Ranil's closest adviser and the Colombo District Member at that time, exerted a great influence that Sirisena Cooray should be nominated for the position of Mayor of the Colombo Municipal Council. Milind's...

Do you know the best thing Ranil did as president…?'This is the story told by a native Ranil opponent to a Ranil supporter.'What is that…?' Ranil a loyalist, asked.Ranil rival said, 'has taken the hell out of Sri Lankan media..."'Why...