COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s presidential candidates wrapped up their campaigning on Wednesday, 48 hours before the election, pledging to fix the island country’s ailing economy that is struggling to recover from a debilitating financial crisis.
Over 17 million Sri Lankans will vote on Saturday to elect a new president for a five-year term, the first election since a severe shortfall of dollar reserves pushed the South Asian island into its worst financial freefall in decades.