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

The election came as the country seeks to recover from a severe economic crisis that led to shortages of essentials such as ...

His victory follows a period of both political and fiscal turmoil that led to former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s ...

In the late 1980s, Anura Kumara Dissanayake joined a Marxist-Leninist party that sought to assassinate Sri Lanka’s leaders ...

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

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

Anura Kumara Dissanayake, a left-leaning leader, is Sri Lanka's new president after the country witnessed first election ...

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

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

Anura Kumara Dissanayake, a Marxist MP, won Sri Lanka’s presidential election, defeating prominent candidates. His victory ...

The growing support for Dissanayake, a center-left politician who ran on transparency and the working class, is a reflection ...

Soon after being elected president, Dissanayake said Sri Lanka didn’t have any geopolitical concerns, and he was committed to ...