Yet many Sri Lankans continue to demand fundamental change. It is not only swingeing austerity that angers them: they are ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday congratulated his newly-elected Sri Lankan counterpart Anura Kumara Dissanayake, pledging more high-quality cooperation through BRI, amid speculation that his Ma ...

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

T he victory of Anura Kumara Dissanayake, leader of the Marxist-Leninist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP, People’s Liberation ...

Left-wing politician Anura Kumara Dissanayake was sworn in as Sri Lanka's 10th president on Sept. 22, marking the end of the ...

You voted for Maithripala Sirisena in 2015 while the Sourthen people voted for Mahinda Rajapaksa ... he told a public rally in Jaffna. "Anura Kumara Dissanayake should tender an apology to ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake ... demanding the resignation of the then-President Rajapaksa. Although he has been a leftist in the past, Dissanayake now professes economic freedom and promises welfare ...

Advertisement Article continues below this ad Anura Kumara Dissanayake ... of the then-President Rajapaksa. Although he has been a leftist in the past, Dissanayake now professes economic freedom ...