President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, whose Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) party had just three seats in the outgoing assembly ...

Says fear of losing elitist privileges has led some persons to consider a conspiracy to assassinate him Recalls party’s ...

His vote share soared from a mere 3.16% in the 2019 presidential race to 42.3%. Similarly, the NPP, which is led by the ...

A failure to engage with Tamil demands for justice, accountability, and autonomy will ultimately prevent Dissanayake from ...

People in Sri Lanka are voting in snap parliamentary elections, barely seven weeks after choosing a new president. More than ...

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s President Anura Dissanayake faces a range of key political risks and challenges, particularly given ...

Sri Lanka's general election sees a shift in political landscape as voters choose representatives amid economic crisis ...

Dissanayake leads a coalition known as the National People’s Power, or NPP-an alliance in which his party, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, or the People’s Liberation Front, is often characterized by its ...

Sri Lanka votes for new parliament as President Dissanayake pushes for majority after securing only 42.3% in presidential ...

Over 17.1 million voters in Sri Lanka are eligible to cast their votes to elect a 225-member parliament in the November 14 polls amid the sovereign defaulted nation’s partially completed debt ...

President Anura Kumar Dissanayake gains unprecedented Tamil backing in northern Sri Lanka, promises return of war-seized ...

It is politically significant as the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) comes full circle, poised to set up the next government nearly 60 years after the party was birthed. Founded in 1965 by Rohana ...