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Thursday, January 8, 2026
TopicAnura Kumara Dissanayake

Topic: Anura Kumara Dissanayake

Sri Lanka votes to give leftist President Dissanayake more power; welfare, economic reforms at stake

The 55-yr-old was elected in September but his National People's Power (NPP) coalition had just 3 of parliament's 225 seats, prompting him to dissolve it and seek a fresh mandate.

Ports, grants, defence to detained fishermen, key takeaways from Jaishankar’s visit to Sri Lanka

New Delhi: India has conveyed that seven Lines of Credit worth $20 million offered to Sri Lanka can be converted into a grant, as...

India has reason to be worried about Sri Lanka’s left turn, despite Dissanayake’s assurances

Any conflict between Tamil groups and Colombo could revive pre-2009 agitation in Tamil Nadu by pro-LTTE outfits and certain DMK-AIADMK elements seeking to stay relevant.

On Camera

Why Pinarayi Vijayan is going soft on an Ezhava leader’s anti-Muslim hate speech

Pinarayi Vijayan once called Vellappally Natesan, the general secretary of SNDP Yogam, Kerala’s Pravin Togadia. Now he is giving his hate speech a free pass.

500% tariffs ahead for India? Trump’s lined up a big bad Bill for countries buying Russian oil

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says bill will be 'well-timed, as Ukraine is making concessions for peace and Putin is all talk, continuing to kill the innocent'.

2025: Pakistan’s deadliest year in over a decade

Islamabad-based think-tank PICSS's new report says Pakistan saw 'pronounced escalation' in violence last year, with 3,413 conflict-related deaths compared to 1,950 in previous year.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.