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JVP ELECTION VICTORY
Sri Lanka 2024: Dissanayake's Presidency opens new chapter in India-Lanka relationsSri Lanka's political scene transformed with Anura Kumara Dissanayake becoming president. His party, JVP-NPP, won a parliamentary majority....- Sri Lankan President Dissanayaka opts for smaller Cabinet with fresh facesSri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayaka swore in a 21-member Cabinet on Monday, fulfilling a campaign promise to reduce government sp...
- Sri Lanka's new leader must balance ties between regional powerhouses India and ChinaAnura Kumara Dissanayake, a Marxist lawmaker, has won Sri Lanka's presidency in a surprising election upset. He faces the challenge of bala...
- How Sri Lanka’s new leader moved from Marxist rebellion to mainstreamAnura Kumara Dissanayake, once part of a Marxist-Leninist party, has been elected as Sri Lanka's president. His victory signifies a shift f...
- PM Modi congratulates newly elected Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayaka, calls island nation 'special'Anura Kumara Dissanayake, leader of Sri Lanka’s National People’s Power (NPP) coalition, has been elected president following the first ele...
- Who is leftist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Sri Lanka's newly elected presidentAnura Kumara Dissanayaka, a self-declared Marxist and leader of Sri Lanka's People's Liberation Front (JVP), has been elected as the countr...
- Lanka's Rajapaksa clan registers landslide win in parliamentary polls; gets two-thirds majoritySri Lanka People's Party (SLPP), led by prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, has won in 145 constituencies, bagging a total of 150 seats with ...
- Mahinda Rajapaksa to contest Sri Lanka parliamentary polls under Sirisena coalitionRajapaksa will contest parliamentary elections as a member of the ruling UPFA coalition of Sirisena whose poll victory had ended his own ru...
- Mahinda Rajapaksa to contest Lanka parliament polls under Maithripala Sirisena coalitionRajapaksa will contest parliamentary elections as a member of the ruling UPFA coalition of Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena.
- Sri Lankan President indicates dissolution of parliament: JVPJVP leader Anura Kumara Dissayanake told reporters that Sirisena indicated to him the move to dissolve the parliament if he is unable to re...
- Mahinda Rajapaksa steps down, hands over party leadership to Maithripala Sirisena"With effect from today I will be handing over the leadership to President Maithripala Sirisena", Rajapaksa said in a statement.
- Mahinda Rajapaksa agrees to step down as party bossAfter winning the election, Sirisena claimed the party leadership even as Rajapaksa's loyalists initially refused to back him, threatening ...
- Sri Lanka to hold parliamentary polls in 100 days, Cabinet unveiledSirisena had received overwhelming support from Tamil and Muslim minorities in his victory over the formidable Mahinda Rajapaksa, the forme...
- India set to counter China's influence in LankaIndia will tell Lanka that it has definite interest in helping.
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