Tag: National People’s Power

Sri Lanka’s minority parties launch common platform for shared concerns

July 13, 2026 admin

Leaders of parties and groups representing Sri Lanka’s ethnic minorities in Parliament addressing a press conference in Colombo on July 13, 2026. | Photo Credit: Meera Srinivasan Prominent political parties representing Sri Lanka’s Tamil-speaking ethnic minorities have launched a platform to voice shared concerns around the pending political solution to the island’s national question and the persisting challenges to their communities’ land rights. …

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An opportunity to settle Sri Lanka’s ethnic problem

January 30, 2025 admin

India’s move to name the Jaffna Cultural Centre after the Tamil poet-philosopher, Thiruvalluvar, is a symbolic gesture by New Delhi to reinforce the unbreakable bond with Sri Lanka. When sections of Sri Lankan Tamils were agitated originally over the omission of ‘Jaffna’ in the Centre’s nomenclature, the Indian authorities were swift in their course correction….

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Navigating growth challenges in Sri Lanka

January 27, 2025 admin

Peter Breuer, Senior Mission Chief for Sri Lanka at the IMF speaks during the International Monetary Fund (IMF) press conference in Colombo on November 23, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Sri Lanka’s new National Peoples Power (NPP) government, led by the charismatic President, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, entered office in late 2024 at a turning point…

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The Hindu profiles on Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna

November 23, 2024 admin

When Anura Kumara Dissanayake was elected President of Sri Lanka in September, and his National People’s Power [NPP] alliance swept the general elections on November 14, most international news headlines stamped the winners as ‘Marxist’. The tag was hardly positive or even neutral with its connotations of wild-eyed radicalism. The insinuation was that Sri Lanka’s…

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Politics between polls – The Hindu

November 21, 2024 admin

Vijitha Herath receives a document from Sri Lanka’s President Anura Kumara Dissanayake after being sworn-in as Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment, and Tourism during the swearing-in ceremony of the new Cabinet in Colombo on November 18, 2024. Photo: Sri Lanka President’s Media Division via AFP On the morning of November 16, 2024, I was…

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Sri Lanka’s ruling party wins Elpitiya local council polls

October 27, 2024 admin

The main Opposition party in the current Parliament, the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB), and other splinter groups secured half of the seats. As a result, the NPP must form a coalition with one of these parties to run the council. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images Sri Lanka’s ruling National People’s Power (NPP) party won…

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Adani power project in Sri Lanka: Anura Dissanayake government reconsidering permission

October 14, 2024 admin

Representational image only. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Sri Lanka’s new government led by Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Monday (October 14, 2024) told the Supreme Court that it would reconsider the approval granted by the previous government to India’s Adani Group for a wind power project. A five-member Supreme Court (SC) Bench was told on…

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