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. Credit: AP ...
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 politics
A closer look at what Sri Lanka’s recent election results may mean for ties between New Delhi and Colombo. Rather than a reactionary response to the election of Gotabaya Rajapaksa, India appeared ...
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: The SEP (Sri Lanka) launches party development fund to expand its political work
The Socialist Equality Party (SEP), the Sri Lankan section of the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI), has decided to launch a 3.5 million ...
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’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.