Marxist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake was sworn in as Sri Lanka’s president on Monday after an election that saw voters ...

Voters backed Marxist coalition leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake, rejecting an old guard accused of leading the country into ...

Dissanayake’s victory represents a significant political shift in Sri Lanka which is still grappling with an economic fallout ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake was sworn in as Sri Lanka's ninth president, promising to bolster the economy and fight corruption.

The dramatic increase in the vote for the JVP/NPP is a product of two inter-related processes—the seething hostility and ...

The Congress Party congratulated Anura Kumara Dissanayake on his win in the Sri Lankan presidential elections. Dissanayake, ...

Dissanayake leads the left-leaning coalition National People’s Power, an umbrella of civil society groups, professionals, ...

In a historic first, Sri Lanka’s presidential election on Sunday went into a second round of counting after no candidate ...

Were the JVP/NPP to come to power, it would rapidly come into open and violent conflict with the working class, using ...

Sri Lanka will hold its first election after the Indian Ocean island's economy collapsed in 2022, resulting in massive public ...

Also in the contest are opposition leader Sajith Premadasa from the SJB alliance; leftist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake of the JVP (Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna) - the presidential candidate of NPP ...