Japan, India and China are key parties to Sri Lanka's $12.5 billion debt rework. Dissanayake has expressed his intention to ...

Sri Lanka’s new leftist president was sworn into office Monday after ousting the country’s elites who voters had blamed for ...

Presidential Candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake has reportedly cast his vote at the polling station at the Saykoji Montessori ...

It would be premature to say with certainty if Sri Lanka’s market surge signals early signs of stability or if it just a ...

"Anura Dissanayake, leader of the JVP and the National Peoples' Power (NPP), was elected as the ninth executive president of ...

Dissanayake’s anti-corruption stance and call for a change in the political system resonated particularly with young voters ...

COLOMBO - Sri Lankans have elected Anura Kumara Dissanayake as the country's new president, giving the Marxist-leaning ...

Image Source : REUTERS Sri Lanka's newly elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake addresses a gathering after taking his ...

Marxist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake has been sworn in as Sri Lanka's tenth president by Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya on Monday. With this, Dissanayake has officially become the first Marxist ...

Observers noted Dissanayake's election victory came as no surprise, as voters punished the previous government over years of corruption and economic mismanagement.

Millions of Sri Lankans had voted for the opposition parliamentarian, putting faith in his graft-fighting pledge and vow to ...

Colombo: Sri Lanka's new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Monday said that he shares Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ...