The NPP’s election result of 141 seats from 22 districts was further boosted by the addition of 18 seats received through the national list to clinch a commanding 159 seats in the House, enabling the ...

The Simla Agreement was signed on July 2, 1972, by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and President Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. It involved the return of 93,000 Pakistani prisoners of war and areas of west ...

President Dissanayake’s party has won a two-thirds majority in parliament, including among Tamils and Muslims.

The working class will rapidly come into conflict with the JVP/NPP government, which while posturing as anti-establishment, ...

By Nitya Chakraborty Sri Lankan President Anura Dissanayake has led his leftist coalition of 21 parties National People’s ...

The party of Sri Lanka’s new Marxist-leaning President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has won a two-thirds majority in parliament.

The sweeping mandate to the left coalition underlines widening support for his leftist policies, giving him the power to push ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Sri Lanka's new Marxist-leaning president wins over a two-thirds majority in parliamentary election.

With more than half the ballots in Thursday's parliamentary elections counted, Dissanayake's National People's Power (NPP) coalition party had taken an unassailable lead with 63 percent of votes, Elec ...

New Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s party won a landslide victory on Friday after snap legislative elections.

Sri Lanka's National People's Power of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has secured a majority in parliament, according to ...