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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

“Anura Kumara Dissanayake received 42% of the presidential vote ... from the opposition while remaining open to critique when necessary. “The people of Kadawatha have decided to send capable young ...

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 ...

A decision was taken at a progress review meeting of the ministry chaired by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, to request Rs 7.5 billion from the Consolidated Fund via a cabinet paper. Mr Ruwan ...

This does not mean that the victory of Anura Kumara Dissanayake (often referred to by his initials, AKD) of the National People’s Power (NPP) reflected a political consensus. At first look ...