The leader of the JVP's broader front, the National People’s Power (NPP), Dissanayake's anti-corruption message and his ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake won Sri Lanka's presidential election, the Election ...

Colombo Stock Exchange Chairman Dilshan Wirasekara discusses the Presidential election result as he hopes that the new ...

Sri Lanka has finally elected a president. In the presidential election held on September 22, leftist Anura Kumara Dissanayake emerged victorious. With Anura Kumara's election as president, the over ...

Marxist leader Dissanayake was sworn in as Sri Lanka’s president after an election that saw voters reject an old guard ...

Dissanayake has vowed to reopen negotiations with the IMF over its $3 billion bailout, which comes with spending cuts and tax hikes that proved deeply unpopular with voters ...

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 is sworn in as Sri Lanka's ninth executive president in a simple ceremony.

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

Left-leaning politician Anura Kumara Dissanayake has been elected as Sri Lanka’s next president after he won the debt-ridden ...

The 55-year-old pro-working class leader has said he will renegotiate the IMF deal to make austerity measures more bearable ...

Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake has won Sri Lanka’s presidential election as voters rejected the old political ...