Sri Lanka votes for new parliament as President Dissanayake pushes for majority after securing only 42.3% in presidential ...

This week’s announcement makes clear that the JVP/NPP administration will not hesitate to use the PTA and other repressive ...

Campaigning at the General Elections has come to an end. So far, whether it be in the north, south, east or west of the ...

President Dissanayake and his party, the JVP-led NPP, have embarked on a mission to ‘cleanse ... This results in massive waves of popular support and huge majorities much to the benefit of crafty ...

At the same time it firmly opposed Mahinda Rajapaksa's attempt to ... common opposition candidate Sirisena directly, the JVP lent indirect support by conducting a vigorous anti-Rajapaksa campaign ...

Thursday 7th November, 2024 The NPP’s victory in the September presidential election has catapulted the JVP to the limelight. An otherwise camera-shy JVP General Secretary, Tilvin Silva, faced an ...

At the same time it firmly opposed Mahinda Rajapaksa’s attempt to be president for a third term. While not supporting the ...

In the history of the JVP, Dissanayake has played a particular role in its jettisoning of socialistic demagogy and ...

They even supported the 18th Constitutional Amendment Bill (2010) that gave an authoritarian carte blanche to President Mahinda ... outfit of the JVP, had extended its support to the Naxalbari ...

The defeat led to a formal split in the UNP with the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) emerging as a separate outfit under Sajith ...

We had one mango, we cut it open and it was rotten,” a Colombo tuk-tuk driver remarked of Sri Lanka’s traditionally dominant ...

On the campaign trail, President AKD followed-up his memorable line “I hear talk in certain places about an Opposition. An ...