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Landslide Win for Sri Lanka’s President

Reuters on MSN · 25m

Sri Lankan president's coalition wins big majority in general election

By Uditha Jayasinghe and Sudipto Ganguly COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's leftist coalition won a thumping victory in a snap general election, gaining power to push through his plans to fight poverty and graft in the island nation recovering from a financial meltdown.

Associated Press · 2h

Party of Sri Lanka’s new Marxist-leaning president wins majority in parliament

Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s National People’s Power Party won at least 123 of the 225 seats in parliament, according to partial results released by the Elections Commission.

Sri Lanka president's coalition seals election victory

STORY: Sri Lankans have handed president Anura Kumara Dissanayake a strong win in a snap general election, giving him more power to fight poverty and corruption.Dissanayake, a political outsider, easily won the presidential election in September.

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Sri Lankan president's coalition wins majority in general election

Sri Lankans handed Anura Kumara Dissanayake a thumping win in a snap general election, giving its new leftist president ...

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Sri Lanka bill with president's image is not legal tender: central bank

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka, which has sole authority to print currency in the island nation, told AFP it had not released ...

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