Founded in 1965 by Rohana Wijeweera, the leftist JVP, the NPP’s main constituent party, is not a new political outfit. The former revolutionary movement sought to create a socialist state through ...

Tuesday 12th November, 2024 Another round of promise making has come to an end with two days to go before the next general election. Perhaps, the only thing Sri Lankan politicians do ‘as if to the ...

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

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We urge workers, students, youth and rural poor to vote for the SEP in this election to express their support for our ...

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

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Millions of Sri Lankans are voting on Thursday in snap parliamentary elections, weeks after the election of left-leaning ...

Molly Crabapple explains the radical history of the Jewish Labor Bund and what can be learned from the history of ...

Sri Lanka's political campaigning drew to a close Monday ahead of parliamentary polls that have turned into a referendum on ambitious plans to tackle corruption in the bankrupt nation.