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  1. 12 hours ago · This ability came in handy when he joined the Marxist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) in 1987 and experienced as an insider, the full impact of the second JVP insurgency (1987-89).

  2. 6 hours ago · Caught between domestic desperation and the manacles of foreign debt, Sri Lanka’s Marxist leader and newly elected president Anura Kumara Dissanayake finds himself in a predicament that Karl Marx never envisaged. As the leader of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), Dissanayake champions a red-tinted vision of social welfare, redistribution ...

  3. 6 hours ago · The election of centre-left Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake as the President of Sri Lanka is historic and unique. It is historic because it marks the first time ...

  4. 12 hours ago · In a landmark victory that has reshaped the political landscape of Sri Lanka, Anura Kumara Dissanayake has emerged triumphant in the nation’s 2024 presidential election, held on September 21. Dissanayake, the leader of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) and the figurehead of the National People’s Power (NPP) coalition, secured 42.3% of the vote, defeating his closest rival, Sajith Premadasa, who garnered 32.8%. Incumbent president Ranil Wickremesinghe, a symbol of the old guard ...

  5. 12 hours ago · Following a paradigm shift in the polity of Sri Lanka, with the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP)-led National People’s Power (NPP) securing the presidency of Sri Lanka last week, all eyes are on the new government. While the victory of NPP presidential candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake is a decisive.

  6. 12 hours ago · As a reaction to state-sanctioned violence and their desire for nationalist focus, the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna militants re-emerged in the south. [142] Against this backdrop, Bandaranaike decided to run in the 1988 presidential election. She was narrowly defeated by Ranasinghe Premadasa, who succeeded Jayewardene as president. [13] [124]

  7. 1 hour ago · Anura Kumara Dissanayaka Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna Sri Lanka Presidential Election 2024 General Election 2024 Parliament Election 2024 By Rakesh Sep 29, 2024 11:41 AM GMT