Anura Kumara Dissanayake

Sri Lanka's new parliament convened, speaker and others elected

Sajith Premadasa from the main opposition has been recognised as the opposition leader.

21 November 2024, 10:49 IST

Sri Lanka's new parliament convened, speaker and others elected

21 November 2024, 10:49 IST

Sri Lanka expects IMF staff level agreement on Friday to release further bailout funds

Once IMF executive board approval is given, a further tranche of about $337 million in funds is expected to be released to Sri Lanka.

21 November 2024, 07:17 IST

Sri Lanka expects IMF staff level agreement on Friday to release further bailout funds

21 November 2024, 07:17 IST

Harini Amarasuriya reappointed Sri Lanka PM by President Dissanayake

Dissanayake, whose leftist coalition won 159 seats in the 225-member parliament in general election, also reappointed veteran legislator Vijitha Herath to helm the foreign affairs ministry.

18 November 2024, 04:53 IST

Sri Lanka reappoints Amarasuriya as prime minister

Harini Amarasuriya reappointed Sri Lanka PM by President Dissanayake

18 November 2024, 04:53 IST

Sri Lanka's new Cabinet to be sworn in on Monday

National People’s Power led by Dissanayake swept the parliamentary elections held on Thursday by winning a two-thirds majority. It also dominated the Jaffna electoral district – the heartland of the nation’s Tamil minority.

17 November 2024, 11:33 IST

Sri Lanka's new Cabinet to be sworn in on Monday

17 November 2024, 11:33 IST

Sri Lankan president's coalition wins majority in general election, makes inroad into ethnic Tamil areas

This is also the first time that a single political combine has secured a brute two-thirds majority in Sri Lankan Parliament since the proportional representation system came into being.

15 November 2024, 14:32 IST

Sri Lankan president's coalition wins majority in general election, makes inroad into ethnic Tamil areas

15 November 2024, 14:32 IST

Sri Lanka to vote in crucial Parliament polls on November 14

President Anura Kumara’s NPP is hoping for a majority in Parliament to implement economic & political reforms.

13 November 2024, 14:55 IST

Sri Lanka to vote in crucial Parliament polls on November 14

13 November 2024, 14:55 IST

Discarding decades of dynastic politics, Sri Lankans to vote for change in parliament poll

Anura Kumara Dissanayake was elected president of the South Asian country in September but his National People's Power (NPP) coalition had just three of 225 seats in parliament, prompting him to dissolve the legislature and seek a fresh mandate there for his policies.

12 November 2024, 05:53 IST

Discarding decades of dynastic politics, Sri Lankans to vote for change in parliament poll

12 November 2024, 05:53 IST

Sri Lankan president to visit India after parliamentary polls

“We will discuss dates for the visit only after we form the new government,” Herath told reporters here.

15 October 2024, 09:28 IST

Sri Lankan president to visit India after parliamentary polls

15 October 2024, 09:28 IST

Dissanayake government reconsidering permission for Adani’s power project in Sri Lanka

A five-member Supreme Court (SC) bench was told on behalf of the attorney general that the decision to review the project had been taken at a Cabinet meeting held on October 7.

14 October 2024, 10:05 IST

Dissanayake government reconsidering permission for Adani’s power project in Sri Lanka

14 October 2024, 10:05 IST

Sri Lankan Prez Dissanayake vows to expedite probe into 2019 Easter terror attacks

In 2019, over 270 people, including 11 Indians, were killed as suicide bombers belonging to the local Islamist extremist group National Thawheed Jamaat linked to ISIS carried out a series of blasts.

06 October 2024, 16:44 IST

Sri Lankan Prez Dissanayake vows to expedite probe into 2019 Easter terror attacks

06 October 2024, 16:44 IST