Since independence—actually since 1931 when we got the universal adult franchise—political power through elections has always been the monopolistic privilege of Sri Lanka’s elite social classes.

The National People’s Power (NPP) alliance won a landslide victory in Sri Lanka’s general election on November 14, nearly two months after NPP candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake, known as AKD ...

Dynastic politics which once dominated Sri Lankan politics as in other South Asian countries, is no longer a factor for ...

European Union funded survey reveals A research report titled Factors Guiding Voter Preference in Elections in Sri Lanka, commissioned by the National Peace Council under the European Union funded ...

Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake won Sri Lanka’s presidential election, the Election Commission announced Sunday.

Sri Lanka’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vijitha Herath, emphasized the urgency of tackling the country’s drug crisis, ...

Staff at Media Empowerment for a Democratic Sri Lanka never expected their small initiative to become the target of the kind of fake news it had actively worked to fight against.

Sri Lanka’s recent local government elections have laid bare a striking paradox. The JVP/NPP, the dominant force in national politics following their landslide victory at the last General election, ...

In my article “Is Sri Lanka’s recovery sustainable?” published in the Daily FT on 18 January 2024, I argued that Sri Lanka’s ...

Language is commonly viewed as a neutral medium for communication. However, in many cultural contexts, particularly in ...

Sri Lanka’s vaccination coverage for adolescent girls against human papillomavirus (HPV) rose 17 percentage points, from 31 ...