Self-avowed Marxist Anura Kumara Dissanayaka of the People's Liberation Front (JVP) took his oath at the colonial-era ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayaka, the 55-year-old leader of the People's Liberation Front, was declared the winner of the weekend's poll with nearly 1.3 million more votes than his nearest rival.

If on the other hand, we interpret the president as referring to “developers”, the correct figure for Sri Lanka would be ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayaka, the leader of the People's Liberation Front (JVP), was sworn in as Sri Lanka's first leftist president on Monday. Dissanayaka, who won 42.31% of the vote in the recent ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayaka, the 55-year-old leader of the People's Liberation Front, won the presidency with 42.31 percent of the vote in Saturday's election, the commission said.

Sri Lanka elects new president amid economic crisis Election outcome: Anura Kumara Dissanayaka, leader of the People's Liberation Front, declared president-elect with 42.31% of the vote in ...

Dr Bilesha Weeraratne is a Research Fellow and Head of Migration and Urbanisation Research at IPS. Prior to re-joining IPS in ...

Sino-Sri Lankan relations have been stronger when left-of-center parties or politicians are in power on the Indian Ocean island. His alliance’s focus on the working class is expected to win the ...

Early results from Saturday's vote strongly suggested that 55-year-old Anura Kumara Dissanayaka would become the first leftist commander-in-chief and head of state of the small but strategically ...

Democratic National Alliance (DNA) MP Anura Dissanayaka said that, though Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa insisted that the Bill was not introduced in a secretive manner, saying that a ...

Sino-Sri Lankan relations have been stronger when left-of-center parties or politicians are in power on the Indian Ocean island.