Sri Lankan president's coalition set for victory in snap election
5 hours ago · Item 1 of 5 Sri Lanka's President and National People's Power (NPP) party leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake meets his party supporters after casting his vote on the day of the parliamentary election ...
Sri Lanka president's coalition leads in early vote count, Ada …
14 hours ago · Sri Lanka's President and National People's Power (NPP) party leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake meets his party supporters after casting his vote on the day of the parliamentary election in Colombo ...
Sri Lanka parliamentary poll: Ruling NPP heading for absolute …
11 hours ago · Anura expects to secure a ‘strong presence’ in Sri Lanka’s Parliament. In the only polling division result announced so far, the NPP won decisively in the southern province capital of Galle ...
Sri Lanka votes in a parliamentary election that’s key for its new ...
1 day ago · The Associated Press is an independent global news organization dedicated to factual reporting. ... The biggest challenge for the NPP — which was founded in 2019 and is a relative newcomer on Sri Lanka’s political scene — is that many of its candidates are new faces in politics running against well-established politicians from the ...
Sri Lanka election: President Anura Kumara Dissanayake seeks …
1 day ago · A nation of 22 million, Sri Lanka was crushed by a 2022 economic crisis triggered by a severe shortage of foreign currency that pushed it into a sovereign default and caused its economy to shrink ...
Sri Lanka parliamentary elections 2024: What’s at stake?
1 day ago · Supporters of the National People's Power (NPP) party clap as they join in an election campaign rally ahead of the 17th parliamentary election, in Homagama, Colombo, Sri Lanka, October 20, 2024 ...
Sri Lanka president’s party headed for landslide in snap elections ...
7 hours ago · COLOMBO – New Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s party was set for a landslide victory in snap legislative elections, initial results showed on Nov 15. With more than half the ...
Sri Lanka Counts Parliament Votes as Leader Seeks to Boost Power
1 day ago · Anura Kumara Dissanayake called for early polls on the heels of his victory in the Sept. 21 presidential election, widely seen as a stunning rebuke of Sri Lanka’s political elite, who voters ...
In a political paradigm shift, Sri Lanka leans to the left - BBC
Sep 22, 2024 · The resounding victory of the NPP came following a wave of public anger over the devastating economic crisis in 2022, when Sri Lanka ground to a halt as inflation surged and its foreign...
‘Only the beginning’: Sri Lankans hope for deep changes under …
Sep 25, 2024 · “Many non-partisan people who took part in ‘Aragalaya’ [struggle in Sinhalese] are now with the National Peoples Power [NPP],” Jayasanka told Al Jazeera on Tuesday, a day after Dissanayake, who...