Sri Lanka, Cabinet and President

Sri Lanka’s President to elect 25-member Cabinet on Monday
Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake will appoint a new Prime Minister and the Cabinet on Monday (Nov
Sri Lankan President Dissanayake to appoint new PM, Cabinet on Nov 18
Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake will appoint a new Prime Minister and Cabinet on Monday after his National People's Power secured a record-breaking victory in the snap general election.
Sri Lanka Election Results: President Dissanayake's NPP secures majority in parliament with a landslide win
Counting of votes in the Sri Lankan snap elections is underway as the country’s President Anura Kumara Dissanayake seeks to increase NPP’s power in the parliament. The results show Dissanayake heading
Party of Sri Lanka's new Marxist-leaning president wins two-thirds majority in parliament
The party of Sri Lanka's new Marxist-leaning President Anura Kumara Dissanayake won a two-thirds majority in parliament, according to official
President-led bloc scores landslide win in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO: Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissa­nayake thanked voters on Friday for delivering his leftist coalition a landslide victory in snap parliamentary elections that repudiated establishment parties blamed for triggering an economic crisis.
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What Dissanayake's JVP sweeping Sri Lankan parliament polls means for India
To date, no single entity, whether global or otherwise, has extended funds and facilities to Sri Lanka the way India has done—and that too without strings
Sri Lanka Leftists Win Supermajority in Rebuke of Old Guard
Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s coalition won a historic parliamentary supermajority in the country’s election, underscoring the depth of the support for the leftist leader who pledges to combat corruption and change the terms of an unpopular International Monetary Fund bailout.
Landslide win for Sri Lanka president's leftist coalition in snap polls
Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's leftist coalition won a landslide victory in snap legislative elections, results showed Friday, as voters repudiated establishment parties blamed for triggering an economic crisis.
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
Sri Lanka President Dissanayake's coalition wins big — polls
Voters have handed Anura Kumara Dissanayake a significant win in a snap general election, giving its new leftist president greater legislative power to pursue policies to alleviate poverty.The party of Sri Lanka's new Marxist-leaning President Anura Kumara Dissanayake took a seemingly unassailable lead,
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Sri Lanka: Left Alliance Wins Two-Third Majority in Parliament
With the parliamentary victory, the leftist president Anura Kumara Dissanayake is better placed to implement his agenda of ...
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Sri Lanka hands NPP historic super-majority, backing Dissanayake’s reform agenda
The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), a formerly marginal communist party, has secured a stunning two-thirds majority in Sri ...
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Parliamentary polls: Dawn of a new political era in Sri Lanka
Forming a part of the JVP’s violent history is the bombing of the Sri Lanka parliament on August 18 ... off the table ...
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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.