What does Sri Lankan President's promise to return state-occupied land mean for the Tamils?
As Sri Lanka heads to the polling booths today to make a significant decision on whether to cement the "new era of politics" that has risen with President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, his recently made promises reverberate through the island nation's northeastern provinces.
Party of Sri Lanka's new Marxist-leaning president wins majority in parliament
The party of Sri Lanka’s new Marxist-leaning President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has won a majority in parliament, according to official election results Friday, providing a solid mandate for his program for economic revival.
Landslide win for new Sri Lankan president's left-leaning coalition
The left-leaning alliance of Sri Lanka's new leader has secured a landslide victory in the country's snap parliamentary elections. Official results show President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's National People's Power (NPP) coalition scored a two-thirds majority in parliament,
Meeting election pledges seen as challenge for Sri Lanka president despite parliamentary win
The parliamentary polls — held seven weeks after he emerged victorious in presidential voting — reinforced the remarkable shift in Sri Lankan politics, where mainstream parties that led the country for decades have been reduced to the margins as people put faith in a political outsider to bring about transformative change.
Sri Lanka's new Marxist leader wins huge majority
The left-leaning coalition of newly elected Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake won 159 of the legislature's 225 seats
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Sri Lanka’s tenth Parliament to welcome over 150 fresh faces as MPs
The 2024 parliamentary election has marked a historic shift in Sri Lanka’s legislature, with nearly 150 out of the 196 ...
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‘Need a change’: Sri Lanka’s leftist win sparks hopes, bridges old divides
President Dissanayake’s party has won a two-thirds majority in parliament, including among Tamils and Muslims.
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Ballot unites Sri Lanka in 2024
The Rajapaksa family was duly credited with uniting the country after winning a relentless war with the LTTE. In May 2009 the ...
Marxist-Leaning Party Wins Two-Thirds Majority in Sri Lanka's Parliament
Sri Lanka defaulted on $50 billion in external debt in 2022, pushing the populace towards an alternative candidate.
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The Tamil Question in a Changing Sri Lanka: The Limits of Dissanayake’s Leftist Agenda
A failure to engage with Tamil demands for justice, accountability, and autonomy will ultimately prevent Dissanayake from ...
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Sri Lanka's Political Shift: NPP's Historic Win in Jaffna
Sri Lanka's National People’s Power, led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, clinched a significant victory by winning the ...
Protest in Rameshwaram over fishermens’ arrest by Sri Lanka, Stalin writes to EAM
Hundreds of fishermen staged a roadblock on the Pamban road bridge in Rameshwaram on Tuesday to demand the immediate release ...