Sri Lanka holds a snap election on Thursday which will determine if the South Asian island nation wants to empower its new, ...

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

Sri Lanka started voting on Thursday for snap parliamentary elections, with new leftist President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's ...

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

Dissanayake, popularly known as AKD, polled 1.27 million votes more than nearest rival and main opposition leader Sajith Premadasa. Incumbent President Ranil Wickremesinghe finished third.

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.

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

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

Anura Kumara Dissanayake from the National People's Power leads Sri Lanka's presidential election with a significant margin, securing 58% of postal votes. Voter turnout is at nearly 75% ...

Chinese president Xi Jinping congratulated Dissanayake, saying he looks forward to working together. The US and India congratulated him earlier Marxist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake was sworn in ...

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's Republicans on Tuesday inched closer to winning a majority in the House of ...

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 ...