Anura Kumara Dissanayake won the Sri Lankan presidential election on Sunday, defeating current President Ranil Wickremesinghe and opposition leader Sajith Premadasa. The Election Commission announced ...

Observers noted Dissanayake's election victory came as no surprise, as voters punished the previous government over years of corruption and economic mismanagement.

Winds of change in Colombo with Anura Kumara Dissanayake to be the President of Sri Lanka, Narendra in USA meets Quad members ...

Marxist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake was sworn in as Sri Lanka’s president on Monday after an election that saw voters ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake, a Marxist-leaning politician with no political lineage, took oath as Sri Lanka's president on ...

The leader of the JVP's broader front, the National People’s Power (NPP), Dissanayake's anti-corruption message and his ...

In a dramatic turn of events, the Sri Lankan people have voted for change. The election results – which surprised observers ...

For India to view the new Sri Lankan leadership only through the prism of the past or through their narrow view on China, is ...

Popularly known as AKD, 56-year-old Dissanayake was sworn in as Sri Lanka's president on Monday, 23 September by Chief ...

Marxist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake was sworn in as Sri Lanka’s 10th president on Monday after an election that saw voters reject an old guard accused of leading the country into economic crisis.

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Anura Kumara Dissanayake, a Marxist MP, won Sri Lanka's presidential election, defeating prominent candidates. His victory ...