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News Sri Lanka » Southern » Politics: The future of Tamil politics in Sri Lanka

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-xl/asia/nepal/the-future-of-tamil-politics-in-sri-lanka/ar-AA29162P

Published on: Wednesday 29 July 2026

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 » Southern » Politics: Sri Lanka’s Anti-drug Drive Targets Narco-politics and Organized Crime Networks

News channel or source: https://thediplomat.com/2025/10/sri-lankas-anti-drug-drive-targets-narco-politics-and-organized-crime-networks/

Published on: Tuesday 14 October 2025

Since the end of the war against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in 2009, the proliferation of narcotics has become a serious problem in Sri Lanka. During the campaign for the 2024 general ...

News Sri Lanka » Southern » Politics: Namal Rajapaksa’s Arrest and Sri Lanka’s Politics of Mutual Protection

News channel or source: https://thediplomat.com/2026/09/namal-rajapaksas-arrest-and-sri-lankas-politics-of-mutual-protection/

Published on: Friday 11 September 2026

Sri Lanka Podujana Party parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa waves to his supporters in the Tissamaharama electorate of Hambantota District, Sri Lanka, Aug. 29, 2026. Credit: X/Namal Rajapaksa Subscribe ...

News Sri Lanka » Southern » Politics: For A Political Solution In Sri Lanka, Negotiate With Buddhist Hierarchies – OpEd

News channel or source: https://www.eurasiareview.com/13122025-for-a-political-solution-in-sri-lanka-negotiate-with-buddhist-hierarchies-oped/

Published on: Friday 12 December 2025

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 » Southern » Politics: Sri Lanka voted for ‘system change’. Two years on, the harder question is whether power itself has changed

News channel or source: https://www.ft.lk/columns/sri-lanka-voted-for-system-change-two-years-on-the-harder-question-is-whether-power-itself-has-changed/4-798423

Published on: Thursday 08 October 2026

The NPP came to office promising more than another change of government. It promised to break with the habits of Sri Lankan power. Two years into Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s presidency, there are ...

News Sri Lanka » Southern » Politics: SRI LANKA TODAY AND TOMORROW

News channel or source: https://island.lk/sri-lanka-today-and-tomorrow/

Published on: Saturday 17 October 2026

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 ...