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

Sri Lankans elected Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake as their new president on Sunday, putting faith in his pledge to ...

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

By Uditha Jayasinghe and Sudipto Ganguly COLOMBO (Reuters) -Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake and opposition leader ...

Sajith Premadasa, the leader of Sri Lanka's main opposition party, is a frontrunner in Saturday's presidential election and a ...

Sri Lanka’s Leader of Opposition Sajith Premadasa, who lost to leftist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake in Saturday’s ...

Three decades after his father was assassinated as Sri Lanka's leader, opposition chief Sajith Premadasa is a top contender ...

If election result trends are to be believed, Anura Kumara Dissanayake is all set to replace incumbent President Ranil ...

National Peoples Power [NPP] presidential candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayaike led Samagi Jana Balwegaya [SJB] presidential ...

With 38 candidates in the race, Premadasa is polling second at 32%, according to the Sri Lanka Opinion Tracker Survey, ...

COLOMBO: Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa and Marxist Anura Kumara Dissanayake headed to a run-off for Sri Lanka's ...

Left-leaning politician Anura Kumara Dissanayake has been elected as Sri Lanka’s next president after he won the debt-ridden ...