COLOMBO, (REUTERS) – Sri Lanka’s leftist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake took office as president on September 23, promising change in the island nation long led by powerful political families ...

Seven months after coming to power, Sri Lankan ruling Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna/National People’s Power (JVP/NPP) of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake ... did not cast a ballot.

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, still in the early months of his tenure ... “In the presidential elections, there was only one ballot paper for the entire country. That gave the names of all ...

Sri Lanka’s recently elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s political ... devolution provisions risk becoming mere paper guarantees. Muslim Representation: Addressing a Complex Challenge ...

Sri Lanka experienced a significant political shift with the September 2024 election of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake of the Janatha Vimukthi ... for left-wing parties in Asia more generally. On ...

This was followed by a Cabinet paper dated May 06 for Memorandum dated May 02 ... Leadership commitment and strategy During his recent trip to India - President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has expressed ...

Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus was appointed interim leader, marking a dramatic political shift and a situation where a ballot win ... President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's National People's Power ...

Both the JVP leader President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and JVP General Secretary Tilvin Silva ... Tilvin Silva that was published in “The Hindu”of 16 November 2024, the paper’s Colombo correspondent ...

The progressive alliance that backs Sri Lanka’s new president, Anura Kumara Dissanayake ... JVP unsurprisingly secured seats and the highest preferences — the ballot paper allows up to three votes to ...

This is a historic occasion in Sri Lanka because in the past no Sri Lankan leader has been able to unite the country through the power of the ballot in this manner ... candidates fielded by President ...

COLOMBO – Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s leftist ... 80 per cent of Sri Lanka’s eligible voters cast a ballot. Mr Dissanayake had been an MP for nearly 25 years and was ...