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The election of new Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna-led National People’s Power alliance's parliamentary supermajority signal a significant political ...
News Sri Lanka » Eastern » Politics: Sri Lanka’s Traditional Media Risks Being Jettisoned With Its Old Political Guard
Social media has usurped the traditional media’s influence in Sri Lankan politics, particularly after the Aragalaya – and even any improvement in media freedom under the new NPP government cannot ...
News Sri Lanka » Eastern » Politics: 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 » Politics: How a Leftist Delivered Sri Lanka’s Biggest Political Jolt in Decades
Anura Kumara Dissanayake offered his broad leftist coalition as the best hope for a different political culture, one not ruled by nepotism and corruption. By Mujib Mashal and Pamodi Waravita Reporting ...
News Sri Lanka » Eastern » Politics: Sri Lanka’s political elite fails to gatekeep change
Anura Kumara Dissanayake's victory in Sri Lanka's 2024 presidential election represents a decisive break from the country's post-independence political establishment. His National People's Power party ...
News Sri Lanka » Eastern » Politics: Leftist Coalition’s Seismic Victory Reshapes Sri Lanka’s Political Landscape
The National People’s Power won not only a two-thirds majority in parliament but also 21 of the country’s 22 electoral districts. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake casts his vote in the November 14 ...
News Sri Lanka » Eastern » Politics: Real winners of Sri Lanka’s election: A people emboldened to force change
Colombo, Sri Lanka — Transport a Sri Lankan citizen from the early 1990s to the past week of the island’s politics, and you may just break their brain. Back then, the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), ...
News Sri Lanka » Eastern » Politics: Interview: ‘The Prospect for Political Change in Sri Lanka Rests on the Dynamics of the Next Few Months’
Sri Lanka elected Anura Kumara Dissanayake as its new president on September 21, marking the first time in the country’s history that a candidate outside the two major political parties has won the ...
News Sri Lanka » Eastern » Politics: Sri Lanka’s Political Shift: Dissanayake’s 2024 Victory Marks New Era
In a transformative moment for Sri Lankan politics, Anura Kumara Dissanayake secured victory in the 2024 presidential election, marking a critical break from the political oligarchies that have long ...
News Sri Lanka » Eastern » Politics: Sri Lanka’s Minorities Struggle For Voice In Sinhala-Buddhist Dominated Politics – Analysis
Sri Lanka’s minority communities—Tamils, Muslims, and Malaiyaga Tamils—face persistent challenges in securing meaningful political representation within a system heavily influenced by the ...
News Sri Lanka » Eastern » Politics: SRI LANKA TODAY AND TOMORROW
Safeguarding the Buddhist Civilisational Foundation of a Plural Nation An analytical examination of history, religious influence, extremism, social media, politics and external strategic interests by ...
News Sri Lanka » Eastern » Politics: The Hidden Hand Of Anti-Semitism In Sri Lankan Politics – OpEd
Before the Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka, it was almost unthinkable that the Islamic State (ISIS), under the leadership of Mohamed Zahran Hashim from Kattankudy, could coordinate such a ...