Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake, whose pro-working class and anti-political elite campaigning made him popular ...

Left-leaning politician Anura Kumara Dissanayake has won Sri Lanka’s presidential election after a historic second round of ...

The 55-year-old Dissanayake heads the National People’s Power (NPP) alliance, which includes his Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna ...

Under normal circumstances, the victory of Anura Kumara Dissanayake in Sri Lanka's presidential election would have been ...

Left-leaning politician Anura Kumara Dissanayake has been elected as Sri Lanka’s next president after he won the debt-ridden ...

Dissanayake, head of the once-fringe Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, has clinched Sri Lanka’s presidency, turning the page on ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayaka, the 55-year-old leader of the People's Liberation Front, won the presidency with 42.31 percent of ...

The commission said Mr. Dissanayake won the presidency with 42.31% of the vote; he is due to be sworn in on September 23 ...

Sri Lankans have spoken and chosen leftist politician Anura Kumara Dissanayake to lead the Indian Ocean island nation out of ...

Sri Lankans elected Anura Kumara Dissanayake as their 10th president with 42.31% of the vote amid economic turmoil. He aims ...

Born into a working-class family in Thambuttegama, about 100 km from Colombo, Dissanayake was the first student from his ...

Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake won Sri Lanka’s presidential election, the Election Commission announced Sunday.