Sri Lanka holds a snap election on Thursday which will determine if the South Asian island nation wants to empower its new, ...

Sri Lanka's new leftist leader has drawn strong support from an unlikely source as he seeks to expand his three parliamentary ...

This enabled Anura to spearhead a commendable political renaissance of the JVP led NPP. As is well known , Anura Kumara Dissanayake finished first in the presidential election held on 24 September ...

Sri Lanka's new leftist leader, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, seeks to expand his parliamentary seats with backing from ...

In the history of the JVP, Dissanayake has played a particular role in its jettisoning of socialistic demagogy and ...

Colombo, October 29: February 2, 2014 was a red letter day in the life of Anura Kumara Dissanayake. It was on this day that the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna's 17th national convention was held.

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake at the Colombo International Book Fair which was held at the BMICH. (File Photo) The astrologer looked up with amazement and told Anura’s mother “Your son ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake who was a short lived cabinet minister in 2004-05 is now the ninth executive president of Sri Lanka When the P-TOMS agreement came into being the JVP demanded that the ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka--Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake won Sri Lanka’s presidential election, the Election Commission announced Sunday, after voters rejected the old political guard that ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake, now President of Sri Lanka, has assumed control of several key ministries and announced his cabinet appointments. With a focus on eradicating rural poverty and supporting ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Marxist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake was sworn in as Sri Lanka’s tenth president on Monday after an election that saw voters reject an old guard accused of leading ...