Sri Lanka News News Sri Lanka » Politics: In Sri Lanka, the Political Opposition Remains as Fragmented as Ever
Supporters of Sri Lanka’s main opposition shout slogans during a protest rally against high taxes and increases in electricity and fuel charges, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Jan. 30, 2024. Like a number of ...
News Sri Lanka » Politics: Institutional reshuffles in Govt.: What do they reveal about Sri Lanka’s democratic politics?
Sri Lanka has had the world’s largest and smallest cabinet in history. President Mahinda Rajapaksa headed a jumbo cabinet, holding the Guinness World Record, while a more recent transitional cabinet .
News Sri Lanka » Politics: ‘Medai’ | A common platform
Last week, when prominent political parties and groups representing Sri Lanka’s Tamil-speaking ethnic minorities launched a common platform, the move piqued the interest of many. Especially since the ...
News Sri Lanka » Politics: Harini Amarasuriya: An Academician Rises to Sri Lanka’s Premiership
In a country that once made history by electing the world’s first woman prime minister but today ranks at the bottom for women’s political representation, Harini Amarasuriya’s appointment as Sri Lanka ...
News Sri Lanka » 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 » 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 » Politics: Sri Lanka: Plantation unions promote reactionary identity politics at Malaiyaham 200 conference
The Malaiyaham 200 conference was held last month in Nuwara Eliya in central Sri Lanka to mark 200 years since Tamil workers were brought from southern India as indentured labour for the tea ...
News Sri Lanka » 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 » 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 » Politics: Sri Lanka’s new leftist president marks departure from political family rule
Sri Lanka has sworn in 55-year-old leftist politician Anura Kumara Dissanayake as its new president. There was no clear winner after the first round of votes from Saturday’s election had been counted.
News Sri Lanka » Politics: Comrade K.S. Ganeshadev (1939–2026): A fighter for Trotskyism
The memory of Ganeshadev and his lifelong dedication to the fight for Trotskyism will live on among workers and party comrades in Sri Lanka and internationally.