September 30 – October 6, 2024 | Vol.14, #39 | ISSN – 2386-1827 Photo credits: Anura Kumara Dissanayaka’s official Facebook page Issue: On September 24, President Anura Kumara Dissanayaka signed the extraordinary gazette notification dissolving the ninth parliament of Sri Lanka.[1][2][3] The same gazette fixed…
September 23 – September 29, 2024 | Vol.14, #38 | ISSN – 2386-1827 Photo credits: Lanka Truth Event: On September 22, the Election Commission (EC) formally announced NPP Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayaka as the winner of the 2024 Presidential Election (PE).[1][2][3][4] Subsequently, on September 23, Dissanayaka was sworn…
Issue: On July 26, the Election Commission (EC) announced that the presidential election will be held on September 21, 2024.[1][2] On August 15, the EC accepted the nominations of 39 presidential candidates.[3][4] Analysis This week’s TMA is the final issue in the election update…
Issue: On July 26, the Election Commission (EC) announced that the presidential election will be held on September 21, 2024.[1][2] On August 15, the EC accepted the nominations of 39 presidential candidates.[3][4] Analysis This week’s TMA is part of a series of election updates…
Issue: On July 26, the Election Commission (EC) announced that the presidential election will be held on September 21, 2024.[1][2] On August 15, the EC accepted the nominations of 39 presidential candidates.[3][4] Analysis This week’s TMA is part of a series of election updates…
August 5, 2024 — August 11, 2024 Photo credits: Reuters via Arab News Event: In early July in Bangladesh, protests began as peaceful demands from university students to abolish quotas in civil service jobs.[1][2] On July 21, following the Bangladesh Supreme…
Key highlights Analysis This week’s TMA issue is part of a series of election updates focusing on the upcoming presidential election (PE). Last week’s Sinhala media press reporting, TV coverage and social media commentary (findings from CrowdTangle, the social media monitoring tool used in TMA weekly)[1] on…
July 8 – July 28, 2024 | Vol.14, #28, 29 & 30 Photo credits: Ceylon Today Highlights: The SC’s interim order against Deshbandu gave rise to two conerns: (1) President Wickremesinghe might use him as a ‘pawn’ to undermine democratic freedoms in the run…
July 8 – July 28, 2024 | Vol.14, #28, 29 & 30 Photo credits: NewsWire Issue: On July 26, the Election Commission of Sri Lanka issued the gazette notification announcing that the 2024 Presidential Election will be held on September 21.[1][2]The commission further declared that…