Sri Lankans on Thursday began casting their ballots in a snap parliamentary election widely considered to be a chance for the ...

Details on the voter turnout were not immediately available. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake won the presidential election ...

In the history of the JVP, Dissanayake has played a particular role in its jettisoning of socialistic demagogy and ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake, a former Marxist-Leninist insurgent, has been elected as Sri Lanka's new president. His victory marks a significant shift in the nation's political landscape ...

Sri Lanka holds a snap election on Thursday which will determine if the South Asian island nation wants to empower its new, ...

In a historic shift for Sri Lanka, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, leader of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) party has ascended to the presidency. It marks a major change in the country’s ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Sunday claimed he had won Sri Lanka's presidential election. “This victory belongs to all of us,” Dissanayake said in ...

UNP Deputy Leader and New Democratic Front Gampaha District Candidate Ruwan Wijewardene spent some of his busy time with the ...

We urge workers, students, youth and rural poor to vote for the SEP in this election to express their support for our ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Marxist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake was sworn in as Sri Lanka’s tenth president on Monday after an election that saw voters reject an old guard accused of leading ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Marxist politician Anura Dissanayake won Sri Lanka’s presidential election over the weekend, dealing a blow to a political old guard that has been widely blamed for ...