In the outgoing assembly, Dissanayake's Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) party, which now leads the NPP, had just three seats.

With over half the ballots in Thursday's election counted, the NPP coalition party had taken an unassailable lead with 63 per ...

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's National People's Power (NPP) coalition is headed for a sweeping victory in ...

Mr Dissanayake took power in September’s presidential elections on a promise to combat graft. Read more at straitstimes.com.

New Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's party was set for a landslide victory in snap legislative elections, ...

Millions of Sri Lankans are voting on Thursday in snap parliamentary elections, weeks after the election of left-leaning ...

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, whose Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) party had just three seats in the outgoing assembly ...

This enabled Anura to spearhead a commendable political renaissance of the JVP led NPP. As is well known , Anura Kumara Dissanayake finished first in the presidential election held on 24 September ...

His JVP party led two insurrections in 1971 and 1987, leading to at least 80,000 deaths, but Dissanayake took power ...

Molly Crabapple explains the radical history of the Jewish Labor Bund and what can be learned from the history of ...

A failure to engage with Tamil demands for justice, accountability, and autonomy will ultimately prevent Dissanayake from ...