The trial of Serhij K., a Ukrainian army officer accused of masterminding the 2022 sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines beneath the Baltic Sea, has opened in Hamburg with two central
by Luxman Aravind Politics is war by other means, and war thrives on enemies. Sri Lanka’s history since the introduction of the Executive Presidency is a brutal evidence to this truth. Leaders
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by Our Political Affairs Editor An International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation, in Colombo to finalise the third tranche of its bailout package for Sri Lanka, met with former President Ranil Wickremesinghe today
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On October 15, data from the Election Commission of Sri Lanka showed that the National People’s Power (NPP) coalition scored a decisive victory in Sri Lanka’s first general election since defaulting on its external
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The 2024 Sri Lankan general election has concluded, but the spotlight now shifts to the extraordinary number of preferential votes received by some candidates. A record-breaking performance has been witnessed this year,
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As Sri Lanka begins a new chapter under the leadership of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and the National People’s Power (NPP), I find myself reflecting on the journey we undertook during one
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The JVP’s media wing initially issued text of a speech by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, suggesting he mentioned a plot to assassinate him. However, the party’s media wing has since clarified that
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by Our Special Correspondent in New Delhi Professor S.D. Muni, a renowned expert on South Asian geopolitics, has asserted that it was the United States, through its diplomatic influence, that played a
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French prosecutors have requested a five-year prison sentence and a ban from holding public office for Marine Le Pen, the former leader of the far-right National Rally party, in an ongoing embezzlement
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While the United States was still busy counting votes, Germany’s ruling coalition led by Chancellor Olaf Scholz suddenly fell apart last Wednesday, plunging Europe’s largest economy into chaos. Now, Germans are set
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The Wall Street journal, which has a track record of spreading irascible scepticism over Donald Trump’s credentials for re-election as US president, has come out with yet another sensational story that Congressman
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President Anura Kumara Dissanayake (AKD), having raised expectations about National People’s Power (NPP) in the eyes of the public as never before by coming to power claiming to be holier than all
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The 2024 U.S. presidential election was framed as a crucial test for the nation’s political system, with ongoing concerns over oligarchy, mob rule, a breakdown of equal protection under the law, and
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Allegations have surfaced that the government is attempting to politicize school children through the inclusion of controversial questions in the General Public Examination for Advanced Level students at CWW Kannangara Central College
More The socioeconomic ideology of Sri Lanka’s President, Anura Kumar Dissanayake, and his political party, the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), has always been rooted in Marxism. Founded in 1965, the JVP has been
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The following article is based on a piece written by K. W. Janaranjana, editor of the Anidda, a weekly Sinhala newspaper published in Colombo. Last week, Udaya Gammanpila released a report prepared
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