Sri Lanka elected its first left-wing president on September 21. Anura Kumara Dissanayake received 42 percent of votes cast, ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake rode a wave of anger to power. But any Sri Lankan leader’s position is precarious today.

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

Dissanayake made clear that the first order of business will be to impose savage International Monetary Fund austerity.

The main reason for worrying about Mr Dissanayake is not that he is a zealot. It is that he has little experience in ...

On September 22, 2024, the Sri Lankan election authority announced that Anura Kumara Dissanayake of the Janatha Vimukthi ...

The Marxist lawmaker who won Sri Lanka’s presidency faces a key challenge in how to balance ties with his country’s two most ...

Dr Ruvaiz Haniffa Specialist Family Physician Past President Sri Lanka Medical Association ‘The people have spoken’ is a common phrase used to announce and often accept the results of an election.

Following the Sri Lankan presidential elections, Stanly Johny and Meera Srinivasan discuss Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s victory ...

A delegation of the National People’s Power, which has emerged as a major political force following the 2022 mass protests, met top officials of India’s diplomatic and security establishment ...

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

Anura Kumara Dissanayake, leader of the Marxist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, was declared the winner of the Sri Lankan ...