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 President Eyes Parliament Win In Snap Election
Sri Lankans were voting in snap parliamentary elections Thursday, with new leftist President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's party expected to secure a mandate to drive through economic reforms.
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.
Sri Lankan president hopes to ramp up support in parliamentary elections
Millions of Sri Lankans voted Thursday to choose a new parliament in a key election that will decide if the country’s new leftist president gets the mandate to push ahead with his agenda of improving lives for millions of people struggling with an economic downturn and stamping out corruption.
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.
Party of Sri Lanka’s new Marxist-leaning president wins two-thirds majority in Parliament
Sri Lanka’s economic upheaval led to a political crisis that forced then-President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to resign in 2022.
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 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.
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Gampaha District preference votes results: Vijitha breaks Harini’s record
Gampaha District Team Leader Vijitha Herath has received the highest number of preference votes in the history of Sri Lanka’s ...
Sri Lanka’s election sees surge in female candidates, but can it break patriarchal norms?
While analysts welcome the increase, they caution that more women in politics alone won’t challenge patriarchal norms and ...