Anura Kumara Dissanayake, leader of the Marxist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), won 42.3 per cent of the vote in the Sep 21 ...

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

55-year-old Anura Kumara Dissanayake, a Marxist politician, was elected as president on Sep. 22, 2024, beating opposition ...

Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena resigns from his post as part of a power transition in the country following the presidential election ...

The election of Sri Lanka's new pro-China and Marxist leaning president, propagator of renegotiating IMF loan, having Anti ...

Dissanayake, the leader of the Marxist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna party's broader front National People's Power (NPP), ...

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena has resigned, he said on Monday, a day after Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara ...

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

Later, in response, Hezbollah launched more than 100 rockets, missiles and drones deep into Israel but avoided the center of ...

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

Marxist candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake has won Sri Lanka’s first presidential election since the country’s 2022 economic ...

As elections in Sri Lanka concluded, left-leaning Dissanayake as was elected as the new President. Taking to the ‘X’, PM Modi congratulated Anura Kumara Dissanayaka for pulling off landslide victory ...