JVP/NPP leader elected as new president of Sri Lanka
The dramatic increase in the vote for the JVP/NPP is a product of two inter-related processes—the seething hostility and anger of broad layers of the population over the social crisis; and support for the JVP/NPP in sections of the ruling class as the means for suppressing that opposition.
Anura Kumara Dissanayake Sworn in as Sri Lanka's Ninth President amidst Economic Hopes
Anura Kumara Dissanayake was sworn in as Sri Lanka's ninth president, promising to bolster the economy and fight corruption. Dissanayake, leader of the Marxist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna party, defeated Sajith Premadasa in the recent election.
Yet many Sri Lankans continue to demand fundamental change. It is not only swingeing austerity that angers them: they are ...
His victory follows a period of both political and fiscal turmoil that led to former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s ...
A delegation of the National People’s Power, which has emerged as a major political force following the 2022 mass protests, met top officials of India’s diplomatic and security establishment ...
He is being challenged by Anura Kumara Dissanayake from the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) party and Sajith Premadasa of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) party. Here is how the election will be ...
Namal Rajapaksa, the presidential candidate and son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, cast his vote in the 2024 Sri ...
T he victory of Anura Kumara Dissanayake, leader of the Marxist-Leninist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP, People’s Liberation ...
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