We were supposed to have become a rich country decades ago. At Independence many predicted that Ceylon would become the ...

Decades later and thousands of miles away, Sri Lanka faces its own political, economic, and social challenges. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake (AKD) and his coalition, the National People’s Power ...

The crisis of modern democracy is a profound one. Free elections, a free press and independent judiciary mean little when the ...

Sri Lanka's Cabinet of Ministers led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has revoked a decision to award a controversial 484 MW of wind power plants in Mannar and Pooneryn to Adani Green Energy ...

These policies, Dissanayake said, will help Sri Lanka capitalize on post-crisis opportunities and drive a transformative shift in its economic trajectory. Reflecting on his administration’s ...

AKD’s and NPP’s detractors will be winding themselves for ... but its feet firmly planted on the ground in Sri Lanka. The government cannot avoid being distracted by the global tumults that Donald ...

Tune in to the "Weekly Sri Lankan political review" by SBS Sinhala, featuring journalist Manoj Udatiawala from Sri Lanka.

In September 2024, for the first time in Sri Lanka’s history, a third-party candidate — Anura Kumara Dissanayake (known as AKD) — was elected president. On last week’s episode of Grand ...