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

Anura Kumara Dissanayake is sworn in as Sri Lanka's ninth executive president in a simple ceremony.

Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake has won Sri Lanka’s presidential election as voters rejected the old political ...

Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake has won Sri Lanka’s presidential election as voters rejected the old political ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake was sworn in as Sri Lanka's ninth president on Monday, amid hopes that he will bolster the country's ...

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

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

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

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

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

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena resigned from his post on Monday as part of a power transition in the country following the presidential election won by Anura Kumara Dissanayake. The ...

Sri Lanka's Marxist-leaning leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake of Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) party will be sworn in as the ...