Sri Lankan leader seeks big majority in snap election
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, whose Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) party had just three seats in the outgoing assembly ...
Sri Lanka's Marxist-leaning president appoints Cabinet after election win
Sri Lanka’s new Marxist-leaning president has sworn in a 22-member Cabinet after his party secured a two-thirds parliamentary ...
Father of Sri Lanka Easter bombers did not run for parliament in 2024: govt documents
The father of two suicide bombers in Sri Lanka's horrific 2019 Easter attacks was not a candidate for any post during the island nation's recent parliamentary elections, government documents showed, ...
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Sri Lanka’s local council election to take place early next year, says minister
Sri Lanka’s local council election could take place early next year, Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath announced on Saturday ...
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Sri Lanka’s National People’s Power Sweeps General Election
On October 15, data from the Election Commission of Sri Lanka showed that the National People’s Power (NPP) coalition scored ...
An overturning of Sri Lanka’s old political order
The Sri Lankan parliamentary elections have, more or less, cleansed the 225-member Parliament, purging the country’s arrogant ...
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Sri Lanka’s Dissanayake won’t renegotiate IMF bailout deal, a U-turn from election promise
Leftist President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who tightened his grip on power last week after winning a huge majority in the ...
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A Tamil’s take on Sri Lanka’s historic 2024 Parliamentary elections
I have always been deeply interested in Sri Lanka’s socio-political landscape and its complex history for three main reasons.
A birthday message for Sri Lanka’s new President: Don’t squander your mandate
The Nov 14 polls swept away the entrenched political elite, giving President Dissanayake a much freer hand. Read more at ...