Additionally, Prof Jayantha said President Anura Dissanayake has engaged with the IMF to explore options for reducing VAT or providing direct financial support to help schoolchildren access necessary ...

By Uditha Devapriya It has been a month since Anura Kumara Dissanayake assumed the presidency ... school friend of my uncle Tissa and... by Jayantha Perera After completing my Ford fellowship at ...

Sri Lanka's 2024 general elections has returned an overwhelming majority of candidates from the National People's Power of ...

As Sri Lanka heads toward a significant parliamentary election, the recent presidential victory of Anura Kumara Dissanayake has ignited hopes for political transformation. For the first time ...

Sri Lanka’s President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Sunday (November 10, 2024) assured Tamils that their land —currently held by state agencies — will be returned by his government.

The president, Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake, 55, was elected in September but his National People's Power (NPP) coalition had just three of parliament's 225 seats, prompting him to ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s victory at the presidential election of 21 Sept. was greeted with enthusiasm by a large segment of ...

As the newly-elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake pledges to steer the island back on track, can he repay the country’s debt to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) without jeopardising ...

Sri Lanka's new leftist leader, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, has gained unexpected support as he aims to expand his three parliamentary seats into a majority in Thursday's elections. As reported by ...

The snap parliamentary election was called by the new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake - the South Asian island's first leftist leader - after he won polls on a promise to combat graft and ...

JAFFNA: Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who addressed his first public meeting in Jaffna since coming to office in September, on Sunday took a firm stance against Indian fishermen ...