Marxist politician Anura Dissanayake won Sri Lanka’s presidential election over the weekend, dealing a blow to a political ...

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

Sri Lanka's new president, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, named Harini Amarasuriya, a college professor and first-time lawmaker, ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s victory in the presidential election signals the people’s desire for systemic change. While his ...

Caught between domestic desperation and the manacles of foreign debt, Sri Lanka’s Marxist leader and newly elected president ...

New Delhi will be watching how Dissanayake and his party’s close ties with China impact the regional power balance ...

Sri Lankans made history by electing Anura Kumara Dissanayake as Sri Lanka’s ninth executive president in the September 21 ...

A fortnight later, when the votes were counted, Anura won a clear mandate, beating key challengers like Sajith Premadasa of ...

Although in Sri Lanka the president is both head of the state and the government, thanks to the executive presidency system, ...

Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Anura Kumara Dissanayake was born on 24 November 1968. His birthplace was Galewala in the Matale ...

Far from simply balancing between the major powers, Dissanayake and the JVP/NPP have made abundantly clear that his ...

Young Anura Dissanayake grew up amid lush paddy fields, ancient irrigation tanks and vegetable plots. Though a typical, happy ...