Anura Kumara Dissanayake has taken oath as Sri Lanka’s new President. In his address after taking the oath, President ...

India will also show a willingness to work with the new leader and expand bilateral ties, especially as it deals with an ...

Dissanayake’s win dealt a blow to a political old guard that has been widely blamed for the unprecedented economic crisis ...

The new president's first challenge will be to steady the economy amid "anxieties felt by business and financial groups about ...

Sri Lanka swore in Anura Kumara Dissanayake as the nation's president on Monday, a member of the Marxist group People's ...

Sri Lanka's new president, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, is tasked with leading the island nation, which has long been led by ...

In Sri Lanka, Anura Kumara Dissanayake was sworn in as president today, becoming the country’s first leftist leader. He won ...

The election came as the country seeks to recover from a severe economic crisis that led to shortages of essentials such as ...

In the late 1980s, Anura Kumara Dissanayake joined a Marxist-Leninist party that sought to assassinate Sri Lanka’s leaders and overthrow the government in an armed insurrection. On Sunday, he won ...

Prominent Marxist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake was inaugurated as Sri Lanka's President on Monday. Mike Johnson Delivers ...

The growing support for Dissanayake, a center-left politician who ran on transparency and the working class, is a reflection ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka will hold its ... whom Sri Lankans blame for the economic collapse. Anura Kumara Dissanayake, the leader of a Marxist-led coalition named National People ...