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

The vote comes less than two months after Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake won September's presidential election.

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka will vote in a snap general election on Thursday, called by new President Anura Kumara ...

Since their swearing-in in September this year, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s cabinet of three has been campaigning for long-term economic and political reform. To make these major changes and ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is looking to consolidate his party's power in ...

Controversy surrounds the education authorities setting a mid-year test paper on General Knowledge with questions on the ...

The father of free education was sent home and in his place the people ... The leader of the coalition and Presidential ...

Dr. Hans Wijeyasuriya, recently appointed by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake as the Principal Presidential ... His ...

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, following his election win, seeks economic consolidation and anti-corruption measures ...

COLOMBO, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka is set to hold its parliamentary election on Nov. 14, with all necessary preparations in place to ensure a fair and transparent process, Election Commission ...

Sri Lanka's new leftist leader has drawn strong support from an unlikely source as he seeks to expand his three parliamentary ...

Dissanayake, an outsider of the family parties that have dominated Sri Lankan politics for decades, swept to power promising ...