Dr Bilesha Weeraratne is a Research Fellow and Head of Migration and Urbanisation Research at IPS. Prior to re-joining IPS in ...

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka has generally seen anti-Indian sentiment rise close to its elections, but this has been notably ...

The victory of the NPP at the recent presidential election has changed the political landscape of the country. It has given ...

Sri Lanka’s September 21 presidential election – the first since the protests in 2022 that ousted former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa – has been praised for the lack of election violence and ...

Sri Lanka's NPP wins local election, faces coalition dilemma, as President Dissanayake seeks stronger mandate in upcoming ...

In the history of the JVP, Dissanayake has played a particular role in its jettisoning of socialistic demagogy and ...

speaking at an election rally, was critical of the Government's attempt to reduce privileges for ex-Presidents. Sri Lanka has ...

This week’s announcement makes clear that the JVP/NPP administration will not hesitate to use the PTA and other repressive ...

Basil shouldn’t have left country on the eve of Prez poll Mahinda should have retired after 2015 defeat Political marriage with Ranil ruined SLPP though it saved country By Shamaindra Ferdinando SLPP ...

The Presidential election of November 2019 and the Parliamentary elections of August 2020 proved to be huge disappointments ...

We had one mango, we cut it open and it was rotten,” a Colombo tuk-tuk driver remarked of Sri Lanka’s traditionally dominant political parties a few months before September’s presidential election.

ECONOMYNEXT – Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL), the local corruption watchdog urged President Anura Kumara ...