In the history of the JVP, Dissanayake has played a particular role in its jettisoning of socialistic demagogy and ...

February 2, 2014 was a red letter day in the life of Anura Kumara Dissanayake. It was on this day that the Janatha ...

One of the key factors that propelled President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and the National People’s Power (NPP) to power last month was the focus on corruption and the pledge to curb, if not eliminate, ...

Dissanayake’s indication that he would not pay the proposed salary hike is a clear signal to the IMF that his regime abides ...

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s state-run Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) under the new government led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has opted for reforms without privatizing the utility service ...

Forced into exile 25 years ago and compelled to stay away in order to stay alive, journalist D.B.S. Jeyaraj always dreamt of returning to Sri Lanka. That flame of hope flickered occasionally, as the ...

JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake was elected as leader of the NPP also. The NPP General Secretary was Dr Abeysinghe. Dr ...

The key issue at the forthcoming parliamentary election should be economic recovery, based on the IMF formula, or whatever an ...

Referring to Israel’s war on Gaza, Defence Ministry Spokesman Colonel Nalin Herath speculated about further escalation though ...

We had one mango, we cut it open and it was rotten,” a Colombo tuk-tuk driver remarked of Sri Lanka’s traditionally dominant political parties a few months before September’s presidential election.

The 55-year-old pro-working class leader has said he will renegotiate the IMF deal to make austerity measures more bearable for the poor. A delegation of the National People’s Power, which has ...

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 ...