Sri Lanka News » Northern News Sri Lanka » Northern » Politics: From Partner to Patron: How India is influencing control over Sri Lanka’s Northern Province
The Northern Province, comprises Jaffna, Kilinochchi, Mullaitivu, Mannar, and Vavuniya. India is heavily influencing Northern society in multiple ways. Many of these post-war partnerships are turning ...
News Sri Lanka » Northern » 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 » Northern » 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 » Northern » 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 » Northern » 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 » Northern » Politics: NPP Poised for Victory in Sri Lanka’s Parliamentary Election
Less than two months after Sri Lankans elected a new president, they are set to vote in parliamentary elections on November 14. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s National People’s Power (NPP) seems ...
News Sri Lanka » Northern » Politics: Sri Lanka elects Marxist lawmaker as next president after political, economic upheaval
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake won Sri Lanka’s presidential election, the Election Commission announced Sunday, after voters rejected the old political guard that has ...
News Sri Lanka » Northern » Politics: A political and policy tightrope awaits Sri Lanka’s new president
Anura Kumara Dissanayake has emerged victorious in Sri Lanka’s presidential election, held on 21 September 2024. Dissanayake, who obtained 42.3 per cent of the votes, managed to secure victory over ...
News Sri Lanka » Northern » Politics: Prison riots and politics: NPP’s biggest challenge and Sri Lanka’s biggest opportunity
The riots that broke out in the Negombo prison over two days (July 5th & 6th) are a worrying measure of the challenge the NPP government faces in fighting organized crime and its paymasters in drug ...
News Sri Lanka » Northern » Politics: We were here first: The case for Malaypolitical representation in Sri Lanka
There is a mosque on Slave Island in Colombo that has stood for more than three centuries. Masjidul Jamiya was not built by merchants or pilgrims. It was built by soldiers, Malay soldiers who came to ...