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

"We are open to discuss forming a national unity government with these MPs representing the Tamil and Muslim communities ... President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has in recent weeks, in his campaign ...

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said today. Speaking at an election rally in Vavuniya, he said political prisoners will be released on the advice of the Attorney General. He said people in the ...

This does not mean that the victory of Anura Kumara Dissanayake ... he received from the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress and All Ceylon Makkal Congress. While Dissanayake received less votes than ...

In Sri Lanka, JVP/NPP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s rise to the presidency marks a ... Some insights into racism are important here. Muslim citizens representing major parties have been elected as ...

The district is home to people from Sri Lanka’s three main ethnic groups – Sinhalese, Tamil and Muslim ... elected government of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said: “The humanitarian ...

This enabled Anura to spearhead a commendable political renaissance of the JVP led NPP. As is well known , Anura Kumara Dissanayake finished first in the presidential election held on 24 September ...

Referring to NPP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s victory at the 21 Sept ... pointing out no ethnic Tamil or Muslim woman had been elected or nominated to the last Parliament of Sri Lanka – 2020 to ...

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 ...

Without a Gotabaya Rajapaksa presidency, there wouldn’t have been an Anura Kumara Dissanayake presidency ... Even after the votes for the Tamil and Muslim parties and the JVP/Fonseka headed DNA were ...