Jathika Jana Balawegaya
Left-wing alliance wins two-thirds majority in the Sri Lankan parliament
With the parliamentary victory, the leftist president Anura Kumara Dissanayake is better placed to implement his agenda of economic and political reforms in the crisis-hit country
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