{"id":108347,"date":"2024-09-29T13:12:49","date_gmt":"2024-09-29T06:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=108347"},"modified":"2024-09-29T13:12:49","modified_gmt":"2024-09-29T06:12:49","slug":"polls-close-in-sri-lanka-presidential-election-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=108347","title":{"rendered":"Polls close in Sri Lanka presidential election | BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qA72yYuvx1I?autoplay=1&#038;cc_load_policy=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>The polls have closed in Sri Lanka in the country&#8217;s presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>It is the first election since mass protests in 2022 unseated the leader which were sparked by the country&#8217;s worst-ever economic crisis. <\/p>\n<p>Saturday&#8217;s vote is widely regarded as a referendum on economic reforms meant to put the country on the road to recovery. <\/p>\n<p>But many are still struggling to make ends meet because of tax hikes, and cuts to subsidies and welfare.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe here: http:\/\/bit.ly\/1rbfUog<\/p>\n<p>For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com\/news <\/p>\n<p>#SriLanka #BBCNews<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qA72yYuvx1I\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The polls have closed in Sri Lanka in the country&#8217;s presidential election. It is the first election since mass protests in 2022 unseated the leader which were sparked by the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=108347\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=108347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108347\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=108347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=108347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=108347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}