Ultimately, the success of the budget will be measured in political terms. Read, electoral terms. AKD’s and NPP’s detractors will be winding themselves for political wrestling in the local and later ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake, leader of the National People’s Power-Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (NPP-JVP) government, hit a ...

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake (AKD) and his coalition, the National People’s Power (NPP), rose to power amidst a bankrupt economy, decades of political corruption, a largely inefficient and ...

While former President Ranil Wickremesinghe ‘s name could not be divorced from the subject, his culpability, his alleged guilt and his alleged vicarious involvement in the cruel acts committed upon ...

Just the other day, this writer read somewhere in the social media a fantastic saying, ‘Earlier weapons were manufactured to ...

The JVP led NPP got the better of Tamil nationalist parties such as the Ilankai Thamil Arasuk Katchi (ITAK), the Democratic Tamil National Alliance (DTNA) and the Ahila Ilankai Tamil Congress ...

We were supposed to have become a rich country decades ago. At Independence many predicted that Ceylon would become the Switzerland of the East. Instead communal strife, corruption and misguided ...

In a new Policy Brief from the Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA)’s Shahane de Silva outlines a governance-directed approach to addressing Sri Lanka’s continuing economic challenges. Ever since Sri ...

The NPP flagbearer polled 4,877,611 votes (41.75%) against his key contender John Mahama who got 6,591,790 (56.42%). Key factors behind the NPP's defeat in the Ashanti Region included the party's ...

The rise of the NPP brought a sense of renewed hope to many voters seeking a lasting solution to the nation’s economic turmoil and political instability. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake (AKD ...

Imphal, Manipur: Following the resignation of N Biren Singh as Manipur Chief Minister, the National Peoples' Party (NPP), one of the coalition partners, extended support to BJP. NPP working ...

In the JHADC, the NPP secured 13 seats, falling two short of a simple majority. The VPP won eight seats, while the UDP and Congress secured three each. Two independent candidates were also among ...