But as we know, in February, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake visited New Delhi and met External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval. Among other things, he also ...

Colombo, October 29: February 2, 2014 was a red letter day in the life of Anura Kumara Dissanayake. It was on this day that the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna's 17th national convention was held.

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

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's visit to Delhi at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi will happen only after November this year, Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath said on Tuesday.

The left in Sri Lanka has a history of antipathy towards the “Bretton Woods Twins”(World Bank and IMF) The JVP led NPP began to assiduously promote Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s presidential ...

Sri Lanka’s newly elected government, led by Anura Kumara Dissanayake, informed the country's Supreme Court on Monday that it will reconsider the approval previously granted to India's Adani ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake known popularly as Anura and AKD became the new JVP leader What was remarkable about the leadership change was the smooth , non-confrontational manner in which it was done ...

Sri Lank's neighbours have to come to terms with the fact that AKD was the democratic choice of the mass people. Dissanayake, popularly known as AKD, polled 1.27 million votes more than nearest ...

About ten months ago, among other things, I informally discussed the devolution of power with Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who was an MP at the time. The consequences of his low-priority approach to ...

The Sri Lankan government led by the new president Anura Kumara Dissanayake informed the country's Supreme Court on Monday that it would reconsider approval granted by the previous administration ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake. While Dissanayake did not secure a simple majority during the first round of counting for the presidential race, he led with 42.3 per cent in the second round.