Anura Kumara Dissanayake, a Marxist, has won Sri Lanka's presidential election following a historic second ballot count.

Marxist politician Anura Dissanayake won Sri Lanka’s presidential election over the weekend, dealing a blow to a political ...

The 55-year-old candidate has been boosted by his promises of tough anti-corruption measures and bigger welfare schemes.

Anura Kumara Dissanayake may lack the political lineage of some of his rivals, but his leftist policies to help the poor and ...

As the leader of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), a left-wing marxist political party, Dissanayak has framed himself as a man of the people, a fresh face, and a new direction ...

In the 2000s, as Sri Lanka under then President Mahinda Rajapaksa crushed the Tamil separatist movement, the JVP backed the government. Dissanayake has said he does not regret supporting the ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake has been elected president. His anti-corruption stance and promise of political change resonated ...

Two years after Sri Lanka’s economic collapse led to the ousting of the Rajapaksa family, Mahinda Rajapaksa speaks out ahead ...

Even his father, Mahinda joined him on stage. Namal Rajapaksa denied his family ... many are looking to Anura Kumara Dissanayake. The candidate of the leftist National People’s Party alliance ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake, the leader of a Marxist ... members were pushed into the political wilderness. His father, Mahinda Rajapaksa, is credited with crushing the Tamil armed separatist ...