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Despite Winning 159 Seats, the 3 MP Success in Jaffna is the Prized Jewel in the NPP’s Electoral Crown.
As stated in last week’s article, candidates from Sinhala dominated national parties like the United National Party (UNP), Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and the Communist Party (CP)have been elected ...
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Remembering my father Eric Cooray for his unwavering faith, calm demeanour, and boundless kindness
Forced into exile 25 years ago and compelled to stay away in order to stay alive, journalist D.B.S. Jeyaraj always dreamt of returning to Sri Lanka. That flame of hope flickered occasionally, as the ...
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JVP, NPP and the Astounding Political Ascent of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.
There is magic in the air! The country is in a festive mood. The toast of the town is a man called Anura Kumara Dissanayake who is the leader of two political parties namely the Janatha Vimukthi ...
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Anura “Alai”(Wave) Engulfs the Tamil Nationalist Stronghold of Jaffna. JVP/NPP Comes First in Jaffna with Three of Six Seats
Among the 141 elected MPs there are 11 Tamils and 7 Muslim MPs. 7 of the 11 Tamil MPs have been elected from the Northern and Eastern provinces of Sri Lanka. More importantly three of the Tamil MPs ...
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How Anura Kumara Dissanayake Won the Presidency in a Fourteen Fold Quantum Leap from 3% in 2019 to 42% in 2024.
The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna(JVP)and National People’s Power(NPP) leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake contested the 2019 presidential election under the compass symbol.He finished a poor third with ...
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President Anura Kumara Dissanayake-led National People’s Power Emerges as the Unifying Force of Sri Lanka
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake says The NPP will Will Run a Government that is Accepted by People in the North,, South,East and West” of Sri Lanka; Hopes to Steer Island Nation ahead with a New ...
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Multi-faceted Tamil Actor Kamal Haasan is a Great Intellectual Among Indian Film Stars.
Srinivasan Kamal Haasan known popularly as Kamal Haasan and/or Kamal is arguably the finest actor in Tamil cinema today. He is also acknowledged as being one of India’s foremost thespians.The ...
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Scenting the Sweet Smell of Success! How and Why Anura Kumara Dissanayake Anticipated Victory in the 2024 Presidential Race.
The Presidential election of November 2019 and the Parliamentary elections of August 2020 proved to be huge disappointments to the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna(JVP) and its leader Anura Kumara ...
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How and Why the JVP led by Anura Dissanayake Formed the National People’s Power (NPP) in 2019.
This is the fourth part of an extended article focusing on Sri Lanka’s newly elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake. In the first part of this article , the early years of Anura’s eventful life ...
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Ceylon Workers Congress President Saumiyamoorthy Thondaman was the Dynamic Leader of Sri Lanka’s Hill Country Tamils for many Decades.
The 25th death anniversary of Plantation Tamil Patriarch Saumiyamoorthy Thondaman is being commemorated today 30 October 2024. Saumiyamoorthy (name is spelled as Savimiyamoorthy and Saumiamurthy also) ...