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JVP ELECTION VICTORY
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...
23 Sep, 2024, 08.08 PM IST
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...
23 Sep, 2024, 01.31 PM IST
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...
23 Sep, 2024, 09.38 AM IST
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 ...
07 Aug, 2020, 01.08 PM IST
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...
08 Jul, 2015, 06.20 PM IST
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.
08 Jul, 2015, 05.06 PM IST
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...
10 May, 2015, 09.16 PM IST
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.
16 Jan, 2015, 03.48 PM IST
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 ...
15 Jan, 2015, 04.04 PM IST
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...
12 Jan, 2015, 11.30 PM IST
- India set to counter China's influence in Lanka
India will tell Lanka that it has definite interest in helping.
20 May, 2009, 12.38 PM IST