Anura Kumara Dissanayake won the Sri Lankan presidential election on Sunday, defeating current President Ranil Wickremesinghe and opposition leader Sajith Premadasa. The Election Commission announced ...

Observers noted Dissanayake's election victory came as no surprise, as voters punished the previous government over years of corruption and economic mismanagement.

Anura Kumara Dissanayake, once part of a Marxist-Leninist party, has been elected as Sri Lanka's president. His victory ...

Winds of change in Colombo with Anura Kumara Dissanayake to be the President of Sri Lanka, Narendra in USA meets Quad members ...

The leader of the JVP's broader front, the National People’s Power (NPP), Dissanayake's anti-corruption message and his ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake won Sri Lanka's presidential election, the Election ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) -- Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake won Sri Lanka's presidential election, the Election ...

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Marxist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake was sworn in as Sri Lanka’s 10th president on Monday after an election that saw voters reject an old guard accused of leading the country into economic crisis.

Anura Kumara Dissanayake, a Marxist MP, won Sri Lanka's presidential election, defeating prominent candidates. His victory ...

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