Marxist politician Anura Kumara Dissanayake was sworn in as Sri Lanka’s president on Monday after an election that saw voters ...

Yet many Sri Lankans continue to demand fundamental change. It is not only swingeing austerity that angers them: they are ...

Voters backed Marxist coalition leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake, rejecting an old guard accused of leading the country into ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s strong showing reveals voter weariness with leadership that has led to a national economic crisis ...

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

The election of Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake as Sri Lanka’s executive president is a major ...

The dramatic increase in the vote for the JVP/NPP is a product of two inter-related processes—the seething hostility and ...

In the late 1980s, Anura Kumara Dissanayake joined a Marxist-Leninist party that sought to assassinate Sri Lanka’s leaders and overthrow the government in an armed insurrection. On Sunday, he won the ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake, a left-leaning leader, is Sri Lanka's new president after the country witnessed first election ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake was sworn in as Sri Lanka's ninth president, promising to bolster the economy and fight corruption.

The Congress Party congratulated Anura Kumara Dissanayake on his win in the Sri Lankan presidential elections. Dissanayake, ...

Following the first elections since the country's economic crisis, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, the leader of the Janatha ...