Mick Moore Courtesy Scroll.in The victory of Anura Kumara Dissanayake and electoral loss of families that governed the country for a century is a hopeful sign. Following Donald Trump’s victory in the 2016 American presidential elections, these and many similar ideas about democracy under threat” have dominated public and private conversations among democrats globally. There […]

Courtesy Kuwait Times BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday said he hoped to broaden cooperation with Sri Lanka under his Belt and Road infrastructure initiative (BRI) as he congratulated the island nation’s new leader Anura Kumara Dissanayaka. Dissanayaka, a self-avowed Marxist, took his oath at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo on Monday, vowing to restore […]

By P. K. Balachandran Courtesy Eurasiareview Tall promises have to be delivered and a controversial past has to be reconciled with ground realities     The result of the Ninth Sri Lankan Presidential election uncannily followed a pattern that had unfolded in other countries in South Asia recently.  Seemingly strong and well-entrenched leaders suffered humiliation at the hands […]

https://thecommonwealth.org/ The 2024 Sri Lankan presidential election, held on September 21, has been deemed peaceful by the Commonwealth Observer Group, but it noted that some voters and polling staff did not appear to fully understand the preferential system of voting.   The preferential voting system allows voters to rank candidates in order of preference. In Sri […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror From time to time since the inception, LTL incorporated two Trusts for the sole benefit of its employeesInaction against funds and shares being illegally transferred from this trust to two Companies has led to the filing of an FR Application in Supreme Courts These alleged frauds have been brought to the notice […]

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Courtesy Adaderana Air Vice Marshal (Retired) Sampath Thuyacontha has been appointed as the new Secretary of Defence. Thuyacontha joined the Sri Lanka Air Force on 17th of May 1988 to the 19th Intake as an Officer Cadet and was commissioned as a Pilot Officer in the General Duties Pilot Branch in the year 1990.  After […]

Courtesy Adaderana The newly-elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has appointed former Senior Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Ravi Seneviratne as the Secretary to the Ministry of Public Security. Seneviratne had previously served as the Senior DIG in charge of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID).

Courtesy Adaderana Former president of Sri Lanka Gotabaya Rajapaksa has landed at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal via Sri Lankan Airlines on Monday. A source within the embassy stated that he has plans to visit different Buddhist sites and is also scheduled to visit Bharatpur. It is reported that Rajapaksa is believed to have […]

Courtesy Hiru News ජනාධිපති අනුර කුමාර දිසානායකගේ ප්‍රතිපත්ති ප්‍රකාශයට සහ ලංකා වාණිජ මණ්ඩලයේ ප්‍රතිපත්ති ප්‍රකාශයට අනුකූලව ආර්ථිකයේ ක්ෂේත්‍ර 10ක් සඳහා ප්‍රමුඛත්වය ලබා දෙන ලෙස ලංකා වාණිජ මණ්ඩලය පවසනවා. ලිපියක් යොමුකරමින් ලංකා වාණිජ මණ්ඩලය පවසන්නේ නව ජනාධිපතිවරයාගේ පළමු මාස ​හයක කාලය තුළ එම කරුණු විසඳිමට කටයුතු කරන ලෙසයි. ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ 9 වැනි විධායක ජනාධිපතිවරයා වශයෙන් පත්වූ […]

Courtesy Hiru News Sri Lanka’s dollar bonds and stocks have dropped following the election of leftist candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake as President, sparking concerns about the future of the nation’s bailout by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and ongoing debt deals according to a report from Bloomberg. Bonds set to mature in March 2029 fell […]

Courtesy Hiru News Former Minister of Power Energy, Kanchana Wijesekara, announced that he has officially left the ministry and returned all state vehicles and office facilities. In a statement shared yesterday, he highlighted the improved financial health of the ministry and the institutions under his purview, noting that they now have adequate stocks of petroleum […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Commissioner General of Elections Saman Sri Ratnayake states that over 3.5 million citizens who are eligible to vote, have not casted their votes during 2024 Presidential Election. Speaking during Ada Derana’s current affairs programme Big Focus” on Monday (23), Ratnayake said that the figure is 21.54% of the population that are eligible […]

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Lucky Sydney Why do we support? Sri Lankans have fulfilled their responsibility by electing Anura Kumara Dissanayake as their leader. Now, it is time for the Sri Lankan diaspora to play their crucial role. Sri Lanka is currently in dire need of foreign capital. If the new NPP government begins negotiations with the IMF, the […]

Aloysius Hettiarachchi I came across this interesting podcast by a presenter/interviewer Lex Fridman, who has built a name for himself. He is a Russian born Jewish person who emigrated as a child with parents to the US during the break-up of the Soviet Union. He is an expert in the IT and Electrical Engineering field […]

අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන B.Sc.(Col), PGDC(Col), නීතීඥ. 1. 2015 ගෙනා 19වන ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථා සංශෝධනය ගෙනා අවස්ථාවේ එක් නීති විශාරදයෙකුගේ අතපසුවීමක් හේතුවෙන් ජනතාවගෙන් සමාව ගැනීමටනීතිපති පාරින්ද රණසිංහ, අධිකරණ ඇමති විජයදාස රාජපක්ෂ, අගවිනිසුරු ජයන්ත ජයසූරිය,විනිසුරුවරුන්, නීතීඥවරුන් ඉදිරියේ ජනාධිපති රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ මහතා විසින් 2024 ජූලි 19 දින ගාල්ල අධිකරණ සංකීර්ණය විවෘත කිරීමේ උත්සව අවස්ථාවේදී  පියවර ගත්තේය. 2. ඒ වන […]

e-Con e-News blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com Before you study the economics, study the economists!” 6th Anniversary Issue e-Con e-News 15-21 September 2024 Welcome to ee’s 6th anniversary issue: This ee doesn’t just recall our first tenuous scribblings (see ee Focus, 6 Years Ago: Who Took the Money? Shut Up!). The portentous perils under a Binara moon this week make us echo SBD de Silva’s advice to […]

Courtesy National People’s Power  National People’s Power About NPP Welcome to the Jathika Jana Balawegaya (NPP), a dynamic political movement comprising 21 diverse groups, including political parties, youth organizations, women’s groups, trade unions, and civil society organizations. Established in 2019, NPP is driven by a shared vision of fostering a more progressive Sri Lanka. Our […]

Aryan Rai Courtesy India Today Marxist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake was declared the winner of the Sri Lankan presidential election by the country’s Election Commission after an unprecedented second round of counting of votes. Anura Kumara Dissanayake, 56, the leader of the Marxist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna party’s broader front National People’s Power (NPP), defeated his […]

Harshita Das Courtesy Outlook India Anura Dissanayake’s victory is a historic moment for his party, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, as he becomes the first Marxist leader to assume the presidency in Sri Lanka. This represents a broader shift within Sri Lankan politics. Anura Kumara Dissanayake Photo: X/@anuradisanayake On Sunday, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, a Marxist leader and head of […]

Hiru News In a special address, President Ranil Wickremesinghe expressed his deep gratitude to the people of Sri Lanka for the mandate granted during the 21st presidential election. He acknowledged that, in accordance with the will of the people, the leadership of the country should now be passed on to President Anura Dissanayake. President Wickremesinghe […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  හිරු පුවත් ජනාධිපතිවරණයේදී ජනතාව දුන් ජනවරම ප්‍රකාරව අභිනව ජනාධිපති අනුර කුමාර දිසානායකට රට භාරදෙන බව ජනාධිපති රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ නිවේදනයක් නිකුත් කරමින් පවසනවා. එම නිවේදනයේ සඳහන් වෙන්නේ ශ්‍රී ලංකාව නමැති ආදරණීය දරුවා මම ඔබට මහත් සෙනෙහසින් භාර දෙමි ” යන්නයි. පසුගිය 21වැනිදා පැවති ජනාධිපතිවරණයේදී ජනතාව ලබාදුන් ජනවරම ප්‍රකාරව අභිනව ජනාධිපති අනුර දිසානයක මහතාට රට […]

World NewsEdited by NDTV News DeskUpdated: September 22, 2024 2:35 pm IST Anura Kumara Dissanayake became involved in the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) during his school years and fully engaged in politics during the 1987-1989 JVP insurrection.  Anura Kumara Dissanayake was born on November 24, 1968, in Thambuththegama. Sri Lanka’s Marxist-leaning leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake has […]

Daily Mirror Colombo, September 22 (Daily Mirror) –  After the Election Commission announces the NPP presidential candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake as the winner of the 2024 presidential election later today, Daily Mirror learns that Dissanayake will take oaths as the new president at a simple ceremony held at the Presidential Secretariat tomorrow morning (23)..

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, September 22 (Daily Mirror)- NPP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake could be sworn in as the new President later today if the final announcement declaring him as the winner is made by the Elections Commission on time, a party source told Daily Mirror. NPP General Secretary Dr. Nihal Abeysinghe told the […]