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Left-wing alliance wins two-thirds majority in the Sri Lankan parliament

Originally published: Peoples Dispatch on November 15, 2024 (more by Peoples Dispatch) |

With the parliamentary victory, the leftist president Anura Kumara Dissanayake is better placed to implement his agenda of economic and political reforms in the crisis-hit country.
U.S. Pacific Fleet commander visits Sri Lanka to cement ties with new president

Originally published: World Socialist Web Site (WSWS) on October 14, 2024 by Rohantha De Silva (more by World Socialist Web Site (WSWS)) | (Posted Oct 17, 2024)

Admiral Steve Koehler, Commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, visited Sri Lanka on October 10 in the wake of the election of Anura Dissanayake, leader of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) and its electoral front, the National People’s Power (NPP).