Sri Lankan president warns against any attempt to destabilise his government
Disenchanted with Dissanayake’s ruthless implementation of IMF demands, the working class is now starting to come into ...
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Who is Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Sri Lanka's new Marxist president?
Marxist politician Anura Dissanayake won Sri Lanka's presidential ... the student wing of the JVP, which had already staged one armed insurrection in 1971 before giving up arms and entering ...
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Challenges ahead for Sri Lanka’s new administration
In September, Sri Lankans broke their faith with the island’s political elites and elected left-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake, leader of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) and the National ...
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President AKD’s First Budget The revolutionary governs, and governs well
We were supposed to have become a rich country decades ago. At Independence many predicted that Ceylon would become the ...
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Socialism with Sri Lankan characteristics
Sri Lanka experienced a significant political shift with the September 2024 election of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) party, marking a break from the ...
Thousands of Sri Lankan health workers protest President Dissanayake’s budget cuts
Nurses and other health workers are angered by the government’s drastic cuts to overtime and public holiday pay rates and the ...
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Ghosts refusing to fade away
She owes an explanation. In late 2014, the JVP joined forces with the UNP led by Wickremesinghe to ensure Sirisena’s victory in the 2015 presidential race, and subsequently opted for a honeymoon with ...