Anura Kumara Dissanayake comes out of his party office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sept. 22, 2024. Anura Kumara Dissanayake, candidate of National People's Power, emerged as the winner in the presidential election in Sri Lanka held on Saturday, the Election Commission confirmed Sunday. (Photo by G...
NPP is a movement which has its roots in the grassroots. This bottom-up process gives it solid strength, absolute power, high quality, and profound value. The livelihood of most people in Sri Lanka is agriculture, including plantations, of which rural areas are a part and parcel. Because th...
the formerly Marxist-Leninist party that is the primary constituent of the NPP. Though the NPP has attempted to distance itself somewhat from its socialist roots in its bid to woo Sri Lanka’s middle class, upwardly mobile voters, its leading faces have recently opted to reveal ...
November 17, 2024 Tyronne Jayamanne 0 Comments AKD, new ministers sri lanka, NPP, sri lanka parliment The 2024 parliamentary election has marked a historic shift in Sri Lanka’s legislature, with nearly 150 out of the 196 elected Members of Parliament (MPs) being newcomers Read more Headline...
When NPP/ANURA comes to power, reconciliation will be a priority and a beacon of hope for Sri Lanka’s economic, social, and political development. NPP/ANURA is well-equipped and deeply committed to generating reconciliation outcomes that inspire optimism in a landscape where SLFP/SLPP and UNP...
Sri Lanka’s political opposition, including the United National Party (UNP) and the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), has already begun to capitalize on the issue. Their narrative is simple but effective: the NPP has taken Muslim votes for granted and failed to deliver representation. ...
-Written by Anubhavananda (Lanka-e-News -26.Nov.2024,11.40 pm) On August 16, 1996, the Sri Lanka Freedom Party-led People’s Alliance (PA) emerged victorious in the general elections, ending 17 years of United National Party (UNP) rule. However, under the leadership of Chandrika Bandaran...
Recognising what he called the ever-increasing diversity within the ranks of the NPP, Lal Kantha said the party’s objective must remain. “Don’t send anyone away. The NPP is not one to reject but to include,” he said. The former MP also intimated that the JVP, with its reputation...
There are two possible reasons. The first one is straight forward and related to NPP’s electioneering strategy. NPP is not a party that believes in an armed struggle to capture power. If that were the case it would have spelt out the solution in the open and promised to execute it throu...
It’s not the place for lifelong sanctimonious bullshitters to now creep out of under rocks and spoil the party. Where were they during the monumentally corrupt murderous Rajapakse reign with the tacit approval/complicity of their best buddy Ranil?