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Sri Lanka Election Results: President Dissanayake's NPP secures majority in parliament with a landslide win
Fp Staff •Sri Lanka Election Results Live:Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's leftist coalition won a landslide victory in snap legislative elections. In the results released on Friday, NPP has already acquired 123 out of 225 seats in the Sri Lankan parliament. Meanwhile, Premadasa’s Samagi Jana Balawegaya came second with 31 seats
FirstUp: Sri Lanka election results, PM Modi in Bihar... Big headlines today
Fp Explainers •The results of Sri Lanka's general election will be announced today after snap polls were announced by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake. India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi will head to Bihar to mark Janjatiya Gaurav Divas. Several leaders, including Union Ministers Amit Shah and Shivraj Singh Chouhan will hold rallies in poll-bound Jharkhand today
Sri Lanka votes in parliamentary election in President Dissanayake’s first test; results tomorrow
Fp Staff •Sri Lanka votes in a snap general election on Thursday, called by new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to secure a majority in parliament to back his policies in the island nation struggling to recover from a crushing financial crisis
Who is Chanu Nimesha, Sri Lanka’s first transgender candidate hoping to break barriers?
Fp Explainers •Chanu Nimesha is Sri Lanka’s first openly transgender candidate who is vying for a seat in the 225-seat parliament. The 49-year-old Socialist Party candidate was one of the thousands who marched in Colombo in 2022 to occupy then-President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s office and residence, forcing him to flee the country and later step down
Sri Lanka holds snap polls today: What's at stake?
Fp Explainers •Sri Lanka’s new president has called for a snap general election today. Anura Dissanayake, 55, who took power in September on the back of public anger over the island's 2022 economic meltdown, dissolved parliament on September 24, clearing the way for the general election
FirstUp: Sri Lanka goes to the polls, Modi's rallies in Maharashtra... Big news today
Fp Explainers •Sri Lanka is holding snap polls today, called by new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake. Meanwhile, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi will campaign for Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra’s Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Raigad and Mumbai. China's Xi Jinping will inaugurate South America’s first Chinese-funded port, in Chancay, around 50 miles (80 kilometres) north of Lima
Sri Lanka’s Catch-22: The Marxist dilemma of Anura Kumara Dissanayake
Ninad D Sheth •Sri Lanka’s newly elected President’s predicament is clear: Marxism may galvanise the dissatisfied, but it cannot substitute for sound economic policy
Sri Lanka’s ‘vote for change’ offers hopes, opportunities but also challenges
Nsathiyamoorthy •Dissanayake’s election as the new President of Sri Lanka has shown that patience and perseverance can win in the long run
Sri Lanka's new Prez Dissanayake dissolves parliament, announces snap election: Here's why
Fp Staff •Dissanayake dissolved the 225-member parliament in which his People's Liberation Front (JVP) had just three seats
Sri Lanka: How Anura Dissanayake’s presidency will test India’s diplomatic agility
Sayantan Ghosh •Dissanayake’s rise, rooted in leftist ideology and historical proximity to China, brings a new dimension to India’s already complex regional relations