President Dissanayake’s party has won a two-thirds majority in parliament, including among Tamils and Muslims.

The NPP’s election result of 141 seats from 22 districts was further boosted by the addition of 18 seats received through the national list to clinch a commanding 159 seats in the House, enabling the ...

But right now, one must dig out those great economists, thinkers, and dregs that hovered around the last leader and his cabinet, raucously singing hallelujahs to the only man in Sri Lanka who could ...

The working class will rapidly come into conflict with the JVP/NPP government, which while posturing as anti-establishment, ...

Sri Lanka's new administration will carry out pledges in the National People's Power manifesto including the enactment of a ...

The Simla Agreement was signed on July 2, 1972, by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and President Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. It involved the return of 93,000 Pakistani prisoners of war and areas of west ...