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Marxist leaning leader Anura Dissanayake wins Sri Lanka presidential polls

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  Marxist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Sunday was declared winner of the Sri Lankan presidential election by the country's Election Commission after an unprecedented second round of counting of votes. Dissanayake, 56, the leader of the Marxist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna party's broader front National People's Power (NPP), defeated his closest rival Sajith Premadasa of Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB). Incumbent president Ranil Wickremesinghe was eliminated in the first round after he failed to become within the top two in the vote list. NPP said Dissanayake will take oath on Monday. Earlier, the Election Commission ordered a second round of counting after no candidate secured over 50 per cent votes needed to be declared the winner of Saturday's election. Dissanayake will be the country's 9th president. No election in Sri Lanka has ever progressed to the second round of counting, as single candidates have always emerged as clear winners based on first-preference vot...
  Marxist Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayaka Wins Sri Lanka's Presidential Elections       Anura Kumara Dissanayaka, the 55-year-old leader of the People's Liberation Front, won the presidency with 42.31 percent of the vote in Saturday's election, the commission said.

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Afghanistan ease to victory after South Africa fold for 106

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    Afghanistan ease to victory after South Africa fold for 106 Farooqi and Ghazanfar shared seven wickets between them to trigger a South Africa collapsef   Fazalhaq Farooqi picked up 3 for 25 in four overs, Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan, 1st T20I, Dambulla, February 17, 2024 Fazalhaq Farooqi picked up 4 for 35 in seven overs • AFP/Getty Images Afghanistan107 for 4 (Naib 34*, Fortuin 2-22) beat South Africa 106 (Mulder 52, Farooqi 4-35, Ghazanfar 3-20) by six wickets England. Pakistan. Sri Lanka. New Zealand. Australia. And now South Africa. That is a list of teams Afghanistan have beaten in white-ball internationals in the last 11 months. The first three of those results came in ODIs at last year's 50-over World Cup, which secured Afghanistan's automatic qualification for next year's Champions Trophy. The last two were at this year's T20 World Cup, where Afghanistan reached the semi-finals. In between, there was a T20I win over Sri Lanka and now, there is an ODI win o...

south africa vs afghanistan

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 If only they could have sang and danced in the streets of Kabul on Wednesday. Alas, the Taliban have banned singing and dancing in Afghanistan, along with much else that brings joy. Cricket itself could be put on the long and lengthening list of what is illegal in future, if reports from that benighted country are to be believed. Certainly, they were singing and dancing in the stands of Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Wednesday. And under the joyously buoyant and billowing Afghanistan flag in all its black, red, green and white-crested g south africa vs afghanistan lory, often fringed with gold tassels. Not the black-and-white depiction of the Shahada prayer, which the Taliban have subverted into the grim harbinger they have imposed as the national flag. They were singing and dancing long before South Africa crashed to 36/6 - their lowest score with that many wickets down in all of their 673 men's ODIs - and when they lost their seventh before they had added another run to record their...

AKD blames Ranil for Sri Lanka financial crisis, absolves Gotabaya

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 ECONOMYNEXT — Presidential candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake has blamed Sri Lanka’s 2022 financial crisis on incumbent president Ranil Wickremesinghe, largely absolving former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa whose policy missteps Dissanayake attributed to ignorance. Speaking at an election rally, Dissanayake claimed that Wickremesinghe was the author of the crisis while Rajapaksa had made a few mistakes out of sheer ignorance. Dissanayake also claimed pity for Rajapaksa. “They ended oil, gas, milk powder, fuel and electricity supply to this country. Ranil Wickremesinghe is one of the main parties responsible for this though he is hiding today. Who became the accused party in the end? Gotabaya. He was there for just two and a half years. Sad (pau). “Though he made a few mistakes out of ignorance, the major, serious economic assassins were Ranil and company. This crisis happened because of a few things Gotabya did without understanding (notherena),” said Dissanayake. “The author of th...