SINGAPORE - President Tharman Shanmugaratnam and Prime Minister Lawrence Wong both sent letters to congratulate newly elected Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.

On September 22, 2024, the Sri Lankan election authority announced that Anura Kumara Dissanayake of the Janatha Vimukthi ...

Dissanayake made clear that the first order of business will be to impose savage International Monetary Fund austerity.

Sri Lanka's central bank kept interest rates unchanged on Friday in line with expectations as the island nation waits for ...

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

Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake is leading Sri Lanka’s presidential election after knocking out the incumbent ...

Sri Lanka’s new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake says that he will soon resume discussions with the International Monetary ...

COLOMBO, (REUTERS) – Sri Lanka’s leftist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake took office as president on September 23, promising ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake was sworn in on Monday as the new president of Sri Lanka after the country’s national elections this weekend. The 55-year-old self-described Marxist ran as an outsider from ...

Sri Lanka's new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said on Wednesday that he plans to begin negotiations with the ...

Sri Lanka will hold a parliamentary election on Nov. 14, the government announced on Tuesday, less than two months after the ...

Sri Lanka’s new president Anura Kumara Dissanayake said he plans to start discussions with the International Monetary Fund as ...