Delhi roots: New Sri Lankan PM Harini Amarasuriya's fascinating link to India
Tuesday, 24 September 2024 Harini Amarasuriya has been appointed as Sri Lanka's 16th Prime Minister, making her the first woman in this role since Sirimavo Bandaranaike in 2000. An academic-turned-politician, she studied Sociology at Delhi University's Hindu College from 1991 to 1994. Her appointment is expected to bolster ties between India and Sri Lanka.
Residents in Colombo, the Sri Lankan capital, are hoping for change following the country's election of its first leftist president in Anura Kumara Dissanayaka. The previously fringe politician, whose party led two failed uprisings in the 1970s and 1980s before renouncing violence, has ridden a wave...
In this exclusive interview, Namal Rajapaksa, a prominent member of the Sri Lanka People's Party (SLPP), discusses the party's recent downfall and the rise of Anura Kumara Dissanayake (AKD) as the new..
In a stunning political shift, Sri Lanka's leftist ruling coalition, led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, has secured a landslide victory in the 2024 snap parliamentary elections. With partial..
New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz attend the joint press meet organized in New Delhi. Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz said that I visited India roughly 12 months ago for..
Amarasuriya, who is also the first woman to hold the office since Sirimavo Bandaranaike in 2000, pursued a Bachelor's degree in Sociology at Delhi University... DNA
Tuesday, 24 September 2024
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