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

The northern vote should be examined against the backdrop of expulsion of the entire Muslim population from that province in ...

It clearly showed that there is no groundswell of support for NPP despite it emerging the winner ... is widely believed to ...

The Government is confronted with many challenges including finalising debt restructuring and strictly following the ...

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

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

For the mainstream Left, coalition politics and de-radicalization marked the starting point of their ideological compromises coupled with the gradual decline of their support base and electoral ...

President Dissanayake and his party, the JVP-led NPP, have embarked on a mission to ‘cleanse ... A two-thirds majority drove President Mahinda Rajapaksa to abuse power to his heart’s content and amend ...

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

“We have to be careful in distinguishing genuine support for a party and the ... and supported the Sinhala supremacist Mahinda Rajapaksa. The NPP-JVP has not made concessions to the North ...

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

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 ...