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Sri Lanka president vows to end island’s ‘corrupt’ image
2 years agoSri Lanka's President Anura Kumara Dissanayake (C) waves to spectators during Sri Lanka's 77th independence day celebrations at the Independence square in Colombo on February 4, 2025. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)
Sri Lanka's leftist president marked the anniversary of independence from Britain on Tuesday with a pledge to change the impoverished island