His JVP party led two insurrections in 1971 and 1987 ... The outgoing parliament was dominated by the party of former ...

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, whose Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) party had just three seats in the outgoing assembly ...

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake won the presidential election on September 21 in a victory that marked a rejection of the ...

Sri Lanka’s new president has called for a snap general election today. Anura Dissanayake, 55, who took power in September on ...

A failure to engage with Tamil demands for justice, accountability, and autonomy will ultimately prevent Dissanayake from ...

COLOMBO - Sri Lanka’s new president Anura Kumara Dissanayake was ... politicians blamed for steering the country to its worst ...

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake hopes to grab two-thirds of the legislature's 225 seats to press ahead with reforms after ...

Sri Lanka's new leftist leader has drawn strong support from an unlikely source as he seeks to expand his three parliamentary ...

It has dealt with the political history of the JVP, a party long labelled violent and undemocratic. People have overcome their fears to place their trust in an alternate political organisation to lead ...

Sri Lanka votes today in a second national election in as many months with a deeply divided opposition struggling to recover ...

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s President Anura Dissanayake faces a range of key political risks and challenges, particularly given ...

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Thursday (November 14, 2024) said he expects his National People’s Power ...