Chanu Nimesha is Sri Lanka’s first openly transgender candidate who is vying for a seat in the 225-seat parliament. The ...
Sri Lanka ’s first openly transgender parliamentary candidate aims to foster a more inclusive political culture. Chanu ...
Nimesha, 49, is contesting for the Socialist Party of Sri Lanka and one of about 8,000 candidates in the poll, which comes ...
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's promise to hold corrupt officials accountable has fueled his public support.
In Sri Lanka's upcoming elections, President Anura seeks to strengthen his party's influence in Parliament. With a focus on expanding his parliamentary presence, he aims to push forward key reforms ...
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake won the presidential election on Sept. 21 in a victory that marked a rejection of the ...
Sri Lankans were voting in snap parliamentary elections Thursday, with new leftist President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's party expected to secure a mandate to drive through economic reforms.
Sri Lanka began voting in a snap election on Thursday which will determine if the island nation wants to empower its new, leftist President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to push his pro-poor policies as it ...
She is also an amateur actress, composes music, and has written a book, which is set to be released in two months. Born in Galle, Nimesha lost her father to political violence at age 14, prompting her ...
“GROWING IN THE mud, and yet so clean, the lotus is a symbol of purity,” writes the Sri Lankan historian Ananda K. Coomaraswamy in his 1913 book “The Arts and Crafts of India & Ceylon.” The lotus pool ...
National People’s Power (NPP) leader MP Anura Kumara Dissanayake says that his party will not join or support the all-party government proposed by President Ranil Wickremesinghe. “We clearly stated ...
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