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The 2024 Sri Lankan presidential election was the ninth presidential election in the country’s history and was held on 21 September 2024. [3] [4] Incumbent President Ranil Wickremesinghe ran for re-election as an independent candidate, making him the first sitting president to run for re-election since Mahinda Rajapaksa in 2015.
Al Jazeera America United States: English 2013 - 2016, replaced by AJ+: Al Jazeera Mubasher Misr Egypt: Arabic 2011 - 2014 Al Jazeera Türk Qatar: Turkish 2014 - 2017 Argent Canada: French 2005 - 2016 Astro News Malaysia: Malay, English 2002 - 2007, replaced by Astro Awani: aTV 2 News & Business Channel Hong Kong: Chinese (Cantonese) 2007 ...
The Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance (SLPFA), led by Mahinda Rajapaksa, won a large majority in the 2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election on 5 August 2020. [14] During their tenure, the government under President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa faced multiple crises, including the COVID-19 pandemic and an economic crisis, which culminated into widespread protests ...
The Al Jazeera exec said the news network plans to launch an Al Jazeera 360 platform with curated content for an English speaking audience by the end of 2025 and called the platform “the next ...
The original Al Jazeera Satellite Channel (then called JSC or Jazeera Satellite Channel) was launched on 1 November 1996. [20] This was following the closure of the first BBC Arabic language television station, then a joint venture with Orbit Communications Company, owned by Saudi King Fahd's cousin, Khalid bin Faisal Al Saud.
The 2022 Sri Lankan political crisis was a political crisis in Sri Lanka due to the power struggle between President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the people of Sri Lanka. It was fueled by the anti-government protests and demonstrations by the public due to the economic crisis in the country .
Kusal Mendis hit a patient 74 not out as Sri Lanka beat New Zealand by three wickets under the DLS method with six balls remaining on Sunday in the rain-hit second ODI. Sri Lanka took an ...
Al Jazeera English was launched on 19 April 2007, ... In 2007, Sri Lanka's first uninterrupted 24-hour Sinhala movie channel, 'City Hitz was established. [6]