Marxist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake was sworn in as Sri Lanka's President on Monday following several years of economic woes.

Popularly known as AKD, 56-year-old Marxist leader Dissanayake was sworn in as Sri Lanka's ninth president by Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo. He defeated his closest rival Sajith Premadasa of Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) in Saturday's election.

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Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping said Monday he hoped to deepen ties with Sri Lanka as he congratulated the island s new leader Anura Kumara

Chinese President Xi Jinping congratulated Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Sri Lanka’s new president, after his swearing-in

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 the country into economic crisis

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena has resigned, he said on Monday, a day after Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake won a presidential election in the debt-ridden Indian Ocean nation. Gunawardena,

Sri Lanka's leftist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake took office as president on Monday, promising change in the island nation long led by powerful political families which is emerging from its worst economic crisis in more than seven decades.

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

Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake won Sri Lanka’s presidential election, the Election Commission announced Sunday, after voters rejected the old political guard that has been widely accused of pushing the South Asian nation toward economic ruin.