National People’s Power (NPP) MP Dr. Harini Amarasuriya has officially assumed duties in the office as the Prime Minister of ...

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake with Cabinet members of the National People’s Power government soon after their ...

While analysts welcome the increase, they caution that more women in politics alone won’t challenge patriarchal norms and ...

“Late President J. R. Jayewardene proposed that UNP should support the SLFP led government of late Premier Sirimavo Bandaranaike of 1970 after the latter obtained a two thirds majority. However others ...

“Late President J.R. Jayewardene proposed that the UNP should support the SLFP-led government of late Premier Sirimavo Bandaranaike in 1970 after the latter obtained a two-thirds majority. However, ...

Cabinet Minister Vijitha Herath representing the National People’s Power (NPP) has set a new benchmark in Sri Lankan politics ...

Given the primary challenge of managing the economic crisis, I thought Sajith Premadasa would make a better President. ..

Credit: Prime Minister’s Office of Sri Lanka While the United States aches for a woman to be head of state, Sri Lanka had the world’s first female prime minister, Sirimavo Bandaranaike ...

The question about whether a woman can become the president of the United States has been asked time and again. Yet in other ...

OP-ED. With women's rights being eroded in many parts of the world, Fabienne Hara, Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, Arancha González ...

Analysis - In the final week of the US presidential election campaign, there is a real possibility a woman will make it into the top job. But why has it taken so long? asks Katie Pickles.