The election of Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake as Sri Lanka’s executive president is a major ...

The International Monetary Fund is ready to discuss its controversial $2.9 billion bailout programme for Sri Lanka with the ...

Marxist political outsider takes oath as new Sri Lanka president as voters reject establishment parties - Dissanayake’s win ...

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

Anura Kumara Dissanayake touted his victory as a ‘fresh start’ for the South Asian nation, two years after it came to the ...

The European Union on Monday congratulated Sri Lanka's first leftist president on his election, saying the bloc would continue to support the Indian Ocean island in its path towards economic recovery.

Yet many Sri Lankans continue to demand fundamental change. It is not only swingeing austerity that angers them: they are ...

Sri Lanka swore in Anura Kumara Dissanayake as the nation's president on Monday, a member of the Marxist group People's ...

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

Dissanayake’s win dealt a blow to a political old guard that has been widely blamed for the unprecedented economic crisis ...

The new president's first challenge will be to steady the economy amid "anxieties felt by business and financial groups about ...

Colombo, Sri Lanka - September 21, 2024 Independent presidential candidate and President Ranil Wickramasinghe casts his vote ...