Sri Lanka News News Sri Lanka » Politics: Mahinda Rajapaksa urges jailed son Namal to trust Sri Lanka's judiciary
Mahinda Rajapaksa sent an emotional jail letter to his remanded son Namal Rajapaksa. He urged faith in the judiciary and warned against political revenge.
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: 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: The future of Tamil politics in Sri Lanka
Nepal, July 29 -- The Tamil political parties of Sri Lanka, namely All Ceylon Makkal Congress (ACMC), the Ceylon Workers' Congress (CWC), Democratic Tamil National Alliance (DTNA), Ilankai Tamil Arasu ...
News Sri Lanka » 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 » 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: 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: Politics Of Sri Lanka’s IMF Bailout: An Initial Assessment – OpEd
Sri Lanka’s long-awaited International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout finally came through. On March 20, 2023, the IMF approved three billion US dollars under its Extended Fund Facility. It is claimed ...
News Sri Lanka » Politics: For A Political Solution In Sri Lanka, Negotiate With Buddhist Hierarchies – OpEd
Language academies associated with linguistic purism, protectionism and prestige, accept that the Tamil language is the oldest in the world, dating back to pre-history – the second millennia BCE – ...
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: 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.