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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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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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Decoding Sri Lanka’s parliamentary poll results | Live

November 16, 2024 admin

Sri Lanka has witnessed a historic shift as President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s ruling alliance secured a landslide victory in the November 14 general elections. This triumph not only shattered records of strong governments in the past but also made history by sweeping the ethnic minority-dominated regions of the north, east, and hill country. Our expert…

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Sri Lanka to hold key parliamentary vote on November 14

November 13, 2024 admin

Supporters of National People’s Power pose for selfie photos next to election propaganda carrying a portrait of president Anura Kumara Dissanayake after a public rally ahead of Thursday’s parliamentary election Gampaha, Sri Lanka, on November 11, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Around 17 million voters in Sri Lanka willonThursday get to choose their representatives to…

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Presidential election 2024 passes off peacefully in Sri Lanka

September 21, 2024 admin

People wait in a queue to cast their votes at a polling center during the Presidential election on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka on Saturday (September 21, 2024). | Photo Credit: AP Sri Lankans gave their mandate to the country’s next leader in a peacefully held Presidential election on Saturday (September 21, 2024). The…

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Sri Lanka to choose President in crucial contest on September 21, 2024

September 20, 2024 admin

A police officer stands guard outside a polling booth, a day before the presidential election, in Colombo on September 20, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Over 17 million Sri Lankans will have a chance to elect their next President on Saturday (September 21, 2024) in a crucial election, the first to be held after the…

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Sri Lanka’s JVP vows to cancel Adani energy project if elected

September 16, 2024 admin

Anura Kumara Dissanayake, presidential candidate of Opposition political party National People’s Power. File | Photo Credit: AP The Marxist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) on Monday (September 16, 2024) vowed to cancel the Adani Group’s wind power project in Sri Lanka if it gets elected in the presidential election scheduled for the weekend. JVP leader Anura…

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Sri Lanka’s main Tamil party to back Sajith Premadasa in polls

September 1, 2024 admin

Sajith Premadasa, leader of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya, party gestures as he arrives at the Election Commission in Rajagiriya to submit his nomination papers for the upcoming presidential election, scheduled for September 21, in Colombo, Sri Lanka. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Ilankai Tamil Arasu Katchi (ITAK), a prominent political party representing Tamils of…

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In Sri Lanka’s hill country, expectations low ahead of presidential polls

August 28, 2024 admin

“There is little to look forward to in Sri Lanka,” says Kathir*, who will board a plane to Dubai later this month for an electrical maintenance job, leaving behind his parents, wife and two children. “There’s no other option,” says the 35-year-old, who paid 4,00,000 SLR (roughly ₹1,11,500) to an agent to get on a…

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Sri Lanka Supreme Court says Ranil Wickremesinghe guilty of ‘arbitrary and unlawful’ conduct

August 22, 2024 admin

Sri Lanka’s President Ranil Wickremesinghe. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court on Thursday (August 22, 2024) found President Ranil Wickremesinghe guilty of “arbitrary and unlawful” conduct, in the postponement of local body elections scheduled last year, even as he campaigns hard for a mandate in the September 21 presidential contest. President Wickremesinghe…

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