Sri Lanka Votes in Election for Marxist-Leaning President's Agenda
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's promise to hold corrupt officials accountable has fueled his public support.
Sri Lanka election: President Anura Kumara Dissanayake seeks increased parliamentary strength
Sri Lanka holds a snap election on Thursday which will determine if the South Asian island nation wants to empower its new, leftist President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to push his anti-poverty policies as it recovers from a financial meltdown.
Sri Lankan president seeks party win in parliamentary election to help him push his economic reforms
Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is looking to consolidate his party’s power in Thursday’s parliamentary election to help him implement his election pledges to solve the country’s economic woes and foster good governance.
Sri Lanka's leftist president faces first parliament test
Sri Lanka's new leftist leader has drawn strong support from an unlikely source as he seeks to expand his three parliamentary seats to a house majority in elections on Thursday.
Sri Lanka votes for new parliament as economic recovery hangs in balance
Sri Lanka began voting in a snap election on Thursday which will determine if the island nation wants to empower its new, leftist President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to push his pro-poor policies as it recovers from a financial meltdown.
Sri Lanka set for parliamentary election on Thursday, all arrangements in place
Sri Lanka is set to hold on Thursday its snap parliamentary election – first after the 2022 economic crisis – amid deployment of nearly 90,000 security personnel across the country
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Sri Lanka votes in a parliamentary election that's key for its new Marxist-leaning president
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake won the presidential election on Sept. 21 in a victory that marked a rejection of ...
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The Tamil Question in a Changing Sri Lanka: The Limits of Dissanayake’s Leftist Agenda
A failure to engage with Tamil demands for justice, accountability, and autonomy will ultimately prevent Dissanayake from ...
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Kumar Gunaratnam and Dilith unite to demand justice for JVP martyrs
Meanwhile, Dilith Jayaweera has also called on President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to establish a commission to ...
Sri Lanka president's coalition leads in early vote count, Ada Derana reports
Sri Lanka's president's coalition, the National People's Power (NPP) posted an early lead in a parliamentary election, local ...
Sri Lanka Election: ‘Progress over corruption’, litmus test for Anura Dissanayake as voters head to polls on November 14
Sri Lanka's new leftist leader, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, seeks to expand his parliamentary seats with backing from ...
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How Anura Kumara Dissanayake Won the Presidency in a Fourteen Fold Quantum Leap from 3% in 2019 to 42% in 2024.
This enabled Anura to spearhead a commendable political renaissance of the JVP led NPP. As is well known , Anura Kumara Dissanayake finished first in the presidential election held on 24 September ...
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The Many Challenges Before Anura Kumara Dissanayake
In a historic election, Sri Lankans have chosen Anura Kumara Dissanayake, a Marxist-Leninist politician, to lead their crisis-hit country. While it is not very usual for political paradigm ...
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Sri Lanka bill with president's image is not legal tender: central bank
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka, which has sole authority to print currency in the island nation, told AFP it had not released banknotes featuring the image of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake ...