Sri Lanka Election: ‘Progress over corruption’, litmus test for Anura Dissanayake as voters head to polls on November 14
Sri Lanka's new leftist leader, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, seeks to expand his parliamentary seats with backing from ...
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Sri Lanka's leftist president faces first parliament test
Sri Lanka's new leftist leader has drawn strong support from an unlikely source as he seeks to expand his three parliamentary ...
JVP/NPP leader foreshadows strike ban in Sri Lanka
The JVP/NPP’s preparation to ban all strikes is a clear expression of the fascistic character of its program, which has ...
Sri Lanka’s JVP government drops election promise to abolish terrorism law
This week’s announcement makes clear that the JVP/NPP administration will not hesitate to use the PTA and other repressive ...
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What Does a Woman’s Appointment as Prime Minister in Sri Lanka Teach the World About Gender Equality?
Premavathi Manamperi, accused of being a Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) sympathizer, was arrested, tortured and buried alive in 1971. Similarly, former TV broadcaster and journalist Isaipriya ...
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Sri Lanka's ruling party wins Elpitiya local council polls
The Elpitiya local council elections were held on Saturday (October 26, 2024), and NPP — the broader front of the Marxist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna — won 15 of the 30 seats. New Sri Lankan ...
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Memory wars: Sri Lankan diaspora in Canada grapples with how to honour those lost in civil war
Every year, the current president’s party, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) which is part of the National People’s Power coalition, commemorates their members who died during the 1971 insurrection.
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Women leaders pledge support for VIMUKTHI
VIJAYAWADA: Women leaders from political parties and organisations pledged support to VIMUKTHI, a survivor-led collective, to boost rehabilitation, compensation, and essential services for ...
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Revival script
Forget South America. In our own immediate South, the left-wing, populist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna of Anura Kumara Dissanayake has upended the political system in Sri Lanka, winning the recent ...
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As Sri Lanka expresses solidarity with Palestine, Israeli tourists dominate island’s scenic Arugam Bay
The Hindu contacted Bimal Rathnayake, co-chair of the Sri Lanka Committee for Solidarity with Palestine [SLCSP], and a politburo member of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna [JVP], the chief political ...
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Post-Aragalaya look at security and related developments
the Janatha Vimukthi Peremuna (JVP)-led JJB, however, faces formidable domestic and external challenges. With the former main Opposition party Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) and the former ruling party, ...
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No, Land O'Lakes is Not Returning to Its Old Logo
A rumor that food company Land O'Lakes had announced a return to its previous logo featuring a kneeling Indigenous woman on its packaging circulated online in October 2024. A Facebook post ...