Sri Lanka elected Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake as its new president on Sunday, putting faith in the 55-year-old's ...

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

“100 % sure.” That is what Anura Kumara Dissanayake, opposition legislator from Colombo, said days before the September 21 ...

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

Dissanayake pledged to change the island's "corrupt" political culture. The nation's battered economy took centre stage ...

Dissanayake, who leads National People’s Power (NPP) and Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) has positioned itself as a voice for ...

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 Lanka's Marxist-leaning leader, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, won the presidential election for the debt-ridden island nation ...

Sri Lanka's presidential election has progressed to a second round of counting for the first time, as no candidate reached ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — (AP) — Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Sunday claimed he had won Sri Lanka's presidential ...

In a historic first, Sri Lanka's presidential election on Sunday went into a second round of counting after no candidate ...

Left-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake wins Sri Lanka presidential election, calls it 'vote for change' ...