Early results strongly suggest the 55-year-old Anura Kumara Dissanayaka could end up the country’s first leftist commander-in ...

Sri Lanka’s Marxist president-elect yesterday invited his compatriots to help him “rewrite” history in the cash-strapped island nation after winning a vote coloured ...

Sri Lanka's election commission declared a previously fringe Marxist politician the country's president-elect on Sunday after ...

Considering the incoming Sri Lankan Premier's views on India and its stance on ethnic Tamil minorities, what can this mean ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s strong showing reveals voter weariness with leadership that has led to a national economic crisis ...

In a special address following his election loss, outgoing President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Sunday expressed his deep gratitude to the people of Sri Lanka for the mandate granted during the 21st ...

Leftist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake was on Sunday declared winner in Sri Lanka’s presidential race, obtaining a mandate that signals a clean break from the island nation’s political establishment ...

Colombo, President Ranil Wickremesinghe who lost Sri Lanka's presidential election on Sunday bid an emotional farewell to his 26 months job as the island nation's president and handed over the care of ...

Sri Lanka's Marxist-leaning leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake of Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) party will be sworn in as the country's ninth - also, the first Leftist - President on Monday, following ...

Dissanayake, a firebrand Marxist with humble beginnings, emerged as a frontrunner for the Sri Lankan President’s post, ...

Dissanayaka, 55, won the presidency with 42.31 percent of the vote at Saturday's election..Sri lanka presidential elections.