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“NPP, JVP can bring about changes to issues of Tamil community as they can’t be labeled as traitors to the Sinhala cause” Ahilan Kadirgamar

What happened was after the war we had a bloated military, and no government had the guts to start a national discussion about...

YukthiNovember 20, 2024

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What is the meaning of NPP’s Parliamentary victory?

By Devaka Gunawardena Considering the recent past alone, the Parliamentary results clearly build on a process of politicisation that was catalysed by the...

YukthiNovember 20, 2024

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Meeting election pledges seen as a challenge for Sri Lanka president despite parliamentary win

By Anjana Pasricha Sri Lanka’s Marxist-leaning president has won a sweeping mandate to fulfill his pledges to combat corruption and implement pro-poor reforms,...

YukthiNovember 20, 2024

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IMF must respect the voice of Sri Lankan voters

By Charith Gunawardena With Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s recent Presidential election triumph and the National People’s Power (NPP) momentous landslide victory in the 2024...

YukthiNovember 20, 2024

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Crooked Bond Deals and the IMF Trap

The IMF’s trap backed by the great powers could not have been laid with better timing The Western establishment including the business press...

YukthiOctober 7, 2024

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Sri Lanka: Shifts in Political Consciousness

The spirit of the protest movement and the economic suffering of the people have been channeled into the electoral outcome. By Ahilan Kadirgamar...

YukthiOctober 6, 2024

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Comrade President? Change and Continuity in Sri Lanka

By Balasingham Skanthakumar Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s (AKD) victory on 21 September as the candidate of the center-left National People’s Power (NPP) coalition is...

YukthiOctober 6, 2024

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Sri Lanka Is Experiencing a Political Earthquake

By Balasingham Skanthakumar This month, Sri Lanka elected an avowedly left-wing president for the first time. The new administration will be caught between...

YukthiOctober 5, 2024

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Sri Lanka’s People Need a New Debt Deal

by C P Chandrasekhar,Martin Guzman,Jayati Ghosh & Charles Abugre Sri Lanka’s new president, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, must reject his predecessor’s recent debt-restructuring deal...

YukthiOctober 3, 2024

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Sri Lanka Presidential election 2024: A turning point or a false dawn?

By Sakuna M Gamage “One of the most pressing challenges facing Dissanayake’s administration is the renegotiation of Sri Lanka’s debt. The island’s economy remains...

YukthiOctober 2, 2024

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Sri Lanka’s new president faces a problem shared by too many developing countries: austerity imposed by the west

By Ahilan Kadirgamar Anura Kumara Dissanayake wants a better deal from the IMF to reduce suffering during the country’s punishing debt crisis Sri...

YukthiSeptember 28, 2024

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FAQ: Understanding the myths and challenges around debt restructuring

Clearly, the IMF program is based on a flawed DSA with a problematic end goal of Sri Lanka accessing commercial markets by 2027...

YukthiSeptember 27, 2024

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මැතිවරණ, ණය තිරසාරභාවය සහ ජාත්‍යන්තර මූල්‍ය අරමුදලේ බියගැන්වීම

අහිලන් කදිර්ගාමර් මගේ පසුගිය තීරු ලිපිවල මා තර්ක කර ඇති පරිදි ජාත්‍යන්තර මූල්‍ය අරමුදල අපට ඇපදීමක් කර නොමැති අතර, පසුගිය වසර දෙක තුළ...

YukthiSeptember 9, 2024

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Elections,Debt Sustainability, and IMF Blackmail

By Ahilan Kadirgamar The presidential election on September 21st is gaining momentum, and the candidates are debating the future of the IMF agreement....

YukthiSeptember 3, 2024

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