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On the right, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, President of Sri Lanka. On the left, Dr. S. Jaishankar, India’s Minister of External Affairs. Photo: MEAphotogallery, Flickr, CC, Can you give us a quick ...
News Sri Lanka » Eastern » Government: More than 40,000 civilians flee latest fighting in eastern Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, March 13 (UNHCR) - More than 40,000 civilians have fled fierce fighting in eastern Sri Lanka over the past week, pushing to an estimated 127,000 the number of displaced within the ...
News Sri Lanka » Eastern » Government: Sri Lanka and the NPP’s First Year in Government
A year after Anura Kumara Dissanayake (AKD) won the presidential election and his party, the National People’s Power (NPP), won a super-majority in the parliamentary elections, the country has made ...
News Sri Lanka » Eastern » Government: Beyond transhipment: How Sri Lanka can monetise geopolitical disruption
The world’s economy is changing fast but not because anyone planned it this way. Ships can no longer safely pass through the Red Sea. ..
News Sri Lanka » Eastern » Government: Sri Lanka’s Presidential Election Reflected a Regional Divide
Sri Lanka’s September 21 presidential election – the first since the protests in 2022 that ousted former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa – has been praised for the lack of election violence and the ...
News Sri Lanka » Eastern » Government: Sri Lanka: New Government Pledges Economic Reform, Justice
(Bangkok) – The government of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, which took office on September 23, 2024, has promised to address longstanding human rights issues that have plunged Sri Lanka into ...