Dissanayake, Lanka's next President, no stranger to IndiaAnura Kumara Dissanayake, leader of Sri Lanka's Marxist JVP party and the next president, visited India earlier this year. He expressed int...
Anura Dissanayake: JVP gets its biggest high with his riseAnura Kumara Dissanayake has been elected president. His anti-corruption stance and promise of political change resonated with young voters...
Economy on centre stage, as Sri Lanka set to vote today in first polls since 2022 crisisSri Lanka is set for its first elections since the 2022 economic crisis, with the economy as the central issue. Incumbent President Ranil W...
Rajapaksas officially ditch Wickremesinghe, youngest heir announced as candidate for Lanka presidencyNamal Rajapaksa, 38, has been named the SLPP presidential candidate, ending the Rajapaksa family's support for incumbent Ranil Wickremesing...
Sri Lanka's former Army chief Sarath Fonseka announces presidential candidacyField Marshal Sarath Fonseka, former Sri Lankan Army chief and key figure in defeating the LTTE, officially announced his candidacy for the...
Sri Lanka's presidential election first, parliamentary polls later: President WickremesinghePresident Ranil Wickremesinghe confirms the scheduling of the presidential election before the parliamentary election, in line with the Ele...
Anura Kumara, leader of Sri Lanka's JVP and NPP, applauds India's aid in Sri Lanka crisisAnura Kumara Dissanayake, leader of Sri Lanka’s communist party JVP and NPP, praised India's role in helping Sri Lanka amid the crisis. Dis...
India lays out red carpet for JVP leadership ahead of Sri Lanka pollsDissanayake (leader of Leftist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP)/National People's Power (NPP)) came to India with a delegation comprising Vi...
Ranil Wickremesinghe elected as Sri Lanka's new PresidentSri Lankan lawmakers finished voting in parliament on Wednesday to choose the next president from among three contenders, hoping the new le...
Voting begins to elect Sri Lanka's new president in three-cornered contestActing President Ranil Wickremesinghe, Dullas Alahapperuma, a dissident ruling party MP backed by the main opposition, and leftist Janatha ...
Three-way fight for Sri Lanka presidency: parliamentThe parliament announced that acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe will face former education minister Dullas Alahapperuma -- who has the ...
Wickremesinghe, Premadasa among four leaders to contest presidential election in Sri LankaSri Lanka's acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe, main Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa are among the four leaders who have joined the r...
Startup lessons that India can learn from IsraelA big reason for Israel's success as a start-up nation is the tight embrace between companies, university researchers and entrepreneurs.
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...
Sri Lanka: Mahinda Rajapaksa suffers major setback in provincial polls; UPFA's popularity dropsIn a major blow to Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, his ruling coalition's popularity dwindled by an unprecedented 23 per cent .
Trinamool Congress forms new alliance in Jharkhand with two other partiesTrinamool Congress forged an alliance, the 'Jharkhand Progressive Alliance', to contest the coming Assembly elections in the state.
- Prabhakaran may end life: Sri Lankan leaders
Predicting the collapse of the LTTE, some leaders in Sri Lanka have said the elusive Tiger supremo V Prabhakaran will have no choice other ...