Marxist politician Anura Dissanayake won Sri Lanka's presidential election over the weekend, dealing a blow to a political old guard that has been widely blamed for the unprecedented economic ...

Addressing the Sri Lankan parliament on Friday, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake warned that his Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna/National People’s Power (JVP/NPP) government will stop any attempt to ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake is well aware that his handling of Sri Lanka’s vulnerable economy will determine his political future. The 55-year-old pro-working class leader has said he will ...

Sri Lanka's new president, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, has taken office amid an economic crisis. His administration faces such challenges as improving the lives of citizens and achieving financial ...

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's National People's Power (NPP) coalition won 159 of the legislature's 225 seats, up from three in the previous parliament. Dissanayake's "thumping victory" will ...

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who is also Sri Lanka’s finance minister, presented his 2025 budget to parliament on February 17. Its measures will come into effect on April 1, after it is ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake won Sri Lanka's presidential election, the Election Commission announced Sunday, after voters rejected the old political guard that ...

Voters have handed Anura Kumara Dissanayake a significant win in a snap general election, giving its new leftist president greater legislative power to pursue policies to alleviate poverty.The ...

“In accordance with Presidential Elections Act No. 15 of 1981 - Sect 61, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who got 5,074,179 votes, has been legally elected as President of the Sri Lanka Democratic ...

TASS/. The leader of the opposition alliance National People’s Power, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, has won Sri Lanka’s presidential election, the Lankan news portal Newsfirst reported.

Anura Kumara Dissanayake has taken oath as Sri Lanka’s new President. In his address after taking the oath, President Dissanayake vowed to work tirelessly to fulfill the hopes and aspirations of the ...

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Dissanayake here on Monday said his government does not have any regret over Adani Group quitting its green energy projects in the island. "We have got an ...