Sri Lanka’s ninth Presidential election, which is slated for September 21, is being held under strange circumstances for more ...

It is 16 years since Gamini Dissanayake’s demise, at the hands of the LTTE terror group. One cannot discuss Gamini’s legacy outside the context of the current ...

Sri Lanka’s ninth Presidential election will be held on Saturday 21 September. More than 17 million (17,140,354) Sri Lankans ...

The 2022 protests that toppled the Gotabaya Rajapaksa regime catapulted the JVP, and by extension Dissanayake, to the ...

Wickremesinghe portrays himself as a veteran leader able to restore the South Asian island's economy to a stable footing Sri ...

The awards ceremony of the Gamini Dissanayake Institute of Technology and Vocational Studies was held in Nuwara Eliya on Friday with Tourism Minister Milinda Moragoda presiding as the chief guest. The ...

Without a rectification on this fundamental issue contained in what the NPP designates as a ‘Framework’, it would be very ...

He first served as prime minister from 1993 to 1994. In 1994, he became leader of the UNP when Gamini Dissanayake was killed by suspected rebels of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.

Months later, UNP head Gamini Dissanayake was assassinated during his presidential campaign, and Wickremesinghe returned as party leader. Wickremesinghe has clung on as UNP leader ever since ...