Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is looking to consolidate his party’s power in Thursday’s parliamentary ...

A failure to engage with Tamil demands for justice, accountability, and autonomy will ultimately prevent Dissanayake from ...

Meanwhile, Dilith Jayaweera has also called on President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to establish a commission to investigate ...

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, 55, who counts Karl Marx and Che Guevara among his heroes, has the backing of the country ...

The names of JVP stalwarts such as K.D. Lalkantha, Tilvin Silva, Vijitha Herath, Sunil Handunneththi, Bimal Ratnayake and Anura Kumara Dissanayake were bandied about as potential successors.

Sri Lanka's new leftist leader, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, seeks to expand his parliamentary seats with backing from ...

In a historic election, Sri Lankans have chosen Anura Kumara Dissanayake, a Marxist-Leninist politician, to lead their crisis-hit country. While it is not very usual for political paradigm shifts ...

In the history of the JVP, Dissanayake has played a particular role in its jettisoning of socialistic demagogy and ...

Sri Lanka’s new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said the country doesn't want to be sandwiched, especially between China ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake, now President of Sri Lanka, has assumed control of several key ministries and announced his cabinet appointments. With a focus on eradicating rural poverty and supporting ...

Left-leaning politician Anura Kumara Dissanayake has been elected as Sri Lanka’s next president after he won the debt-ridden country’s first election since its economy collapsed in 2022.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Marxist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake was sworn in as Sri Lanka’s tenth president on Monday after an election that saw voters reject an old guard accused of leading ...