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 ...

Marxist political outsider takes oath as new Sri Lanka president as voters reject establishment parties - Dissanayake’s win ...

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 ...

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