Dilrook Kannangara All ruling parties since 1947 have been coalitions. While there were instances where a single party could form the ruling party, they still opted for coalitions (e.g. 1977). This was to gain as much support from the grassroots levels which helps in Local Government and later Provincial Council elections. 2024 has been a […]

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Sri Lanka News According to the results released so far, the National People’s Power secured a resounding victory, with 80-70% of the votes Hambantota District: NPP takes 5 out of 7 seats in Rajapakse stronghold. The National People’s Power (NPP) has emerged victorious in the Hambantota District in the 2024 General Election, receiving 234,083 votes, […]

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Hiru News The National People’s Power (NPP) has won the Polonnaruwa District in the 2024 General Election, polling 159,010 votes, which accounts for over 68% of the total votes. National People’s Power (NPP) 159,010 (4 seats) Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) 43,822 (1 seat} With this overwhelming support, the NPP has secured 4 seats in the […]

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By Palitha Ariyarathna Image by history: The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand On the eve of the assassination’s centennial, discover how a teenage Serbian nationalist ignited the flames of World War I. Sri Lanka recently hosted the Pathfinder Foundation’s fifth Dialogue with Diplomats at Cinnamon Grand Colombo, focusing on The Great Power Competition in the Indo-Pacific and […]

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Chanaka Bandarage Sri Lankan Airlines in a 5-minute advertisement  is currently promoting ‘Ramayana Trail’ in India.  This video has gone viral on India’s social media. In the advertisement, a grandmother is seen narrating the Hindu epic to her grandson where she states that the Ramayana is real. Even  the Archaeological Survey of India through an […]

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C. Wijeyawickrema, LL.B., Ph.D. God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,Courage to change the things I can, And wisdom to know the difference.”         Serenity Prayer – Reinhold Niebuhr (1892–1971). [දෙවියනි, වෙනස් (චේන්ජ්) කල නොහැකි දේවල් එලෙස භාර ගැනීමට අවශ්‍ය උපශාන්ත භාවයත්, වෙනස්කල හැකිදේ වෙනස් කිරීමට අවශ්‍ය ධෛර්යයත්, ඒ දෙක […]

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By Mohamed Nader Al-Omari Courtesy defend Democracy Protracted and unprecedented Arab resistance has depleted Israeli troop and reservist forces and forced Tel Aviv to seek out unconventional methods – including the recruitment of foreign mercenaries – to sustain Israel’s weary military and escalatory war goals. Editorial Comment: (Israeli bombing has injured Sri Lankan UN Peace […]

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Michael Kwet Courtesy  Aljazeera It’s time to talk about Silicon Valley as an imperial force and what has to be done to resist its power. Silicon Valley corporations are taking over the digital economy in the Global South, and nobody is paying attention.  In South Africa, Google and Facebook dominate the online advertising industry, and […]

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Courtesy VOA New Delhi —  Millions of Sri Lankans voted Thursday to choose a new parliament in a key election that will decide if the country’s new leftist president gets the mandate to push ahead with his agenda of improving lives for millions of people struggling with an economic downturn and stamping out corruption. President […]

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