Anura Kumara Dissanayake

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

Jaishankar meets Dissanayake, assures India’s continued support in Sri Lanka’s economic rebuilding

Jaishankar is the first foreign dignitary to visit Sri Lanka since the National People’s Power (NPP) government led by Dissanayake came to power on September 23.

04 October 2024, 13:29 IST

Jaishankar meets President Dissanayake and PM Amarasuriya, assures India’s continued support in Sri Lanka’s economic rebuilding

Jaishankar meets Dissanayake, assures India’s continued support in Sri Lanka’s economic rebuilding

04 October 2024, 13:29 IST

The Tamils and the new President of Sri Lanka

The Tamil community’s hopes for reconciliation and justice seem distant as the new president has a history of opposing Tamil political aspirations.

02 October 2024, 22:43 IST

The Tamils and the new President of Sri Lanka

02 October 2024, 22:43 IST

Sri Lanka’s new government holds smallest Cabinet meeting ever

The new Cabinet Spokesman Vijitha Herath, who holds multiple ministries, said that he, along with the newly-appointed President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and the prime minister Dr Harini Amarasuriya, were the only attendees at Monday's meeting.

01 October 2024, 08:47 IST

Sri Lanka’s new government holds smallest Cabinet meeting ever

01 October 2024, 08:47 IST

Indian firms' visa outsourcing contract under Sri Lanka govt scanner

A forensic audit has been ordered on Indian firms GBS Technology and IVS Global FZCO along with VFS Global which were in April awarded the multimillion-dollar contract as a technology partner to process the visa applications of foreigners.

27 September 2024, 07:52 IST

Sri Lanka orders audit of Indian firms' visa outsourcing contract alongside scandal-hit Dubai company

Indian firms' visa outsourcing contract under Sri Lanka govt scanner

27 September 2024, 07:52 IST

For India, it’s not such a great day in the neighbourhood

For regional behemoth India, however, the results cap a troubling trend. Dissanayake has worried New Delhi because his party, the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, made a name for itself in the 1980s with an anti-India terror campaign.

26 September 2024, 22:30 IST

For India, it’s not such a great day in the neighbourhood

26 September 2024, 22:30 IST