The wizardry of Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Sri Lanka’s new President
Dissanayake’s victory, rooted in his image as an agent of change, now faces the reality of governing a nation facing deep-seated ethnic divisions, as his past opposition to Tamil reconciliation efforts and the JVP’s exclusionary politics raise concerns about his ability to unite the country.
Anura Kumara Dissanayake wins 2024 Sri Lanka Presidential Election
Anura Kumara Dissanayaka, the 55-year-old leader of the leftist Janatha Vimukthi Peremuna party, has been declared the winner of the election, according to the Election Commission of Sri Lanka. He will be the 9th Executive President of Sri Lanka,
As the 57th session of the UNHRC addresses the human rights situation in Sri Lanka, a new report from the Oakland Institute, ...
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe, the ruthless imposer of the harsh International Monetary Fund (IMF) austerity agenda, is desperately posturing these days as a great democrat, anti ...
Colombo, August 25: Nominations have closed for the long awaited 2024 presidential election. 39 candidates are in the fray is widely acknowledged by the press and public that the chief ...
Economic crisis and the IMF austerity program are the major issues while terrorism and polarisation have taken a back seat ...
with the country’s main Muslim political party, Sri Lanka Muslim Congress extending its support to Premadasa. Analysts say that the minorities of Sri Lanka hold the key to tilt the election in ...
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