Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake has won Sri Lanka’s presidential election as voters rejected the old political ...

Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake, whose pro-working class and anti-political elite campaigning made him popular ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Sunday claimed he had won Sri Lanka’s presidential ...

Sri Lankans elected Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake as new president on Sunday, putting faith in his pledge to fight ...

The election was crucial as Sri Lanka seeks to recover from the worst economic crisis in its history and the resulting ...

Born into a working-class family in Thambuttegama, about 100 km from Colombo, Dissanayake was the first student from his ...

Sri Lankans elected Anura Kumara Dissanayake as their 10th president with 42.31% of the vote amid economic turmoil. He aims ...

The NPP’s platform focused on breaking the cycle of corruption and mismanagement that many believe has plagued Sri Lankan ...

Early results strongly suggest the 55-year-old Anura Kumara Dissanayaka could end up the country’s first leftist commander-in ...

Sri Lanka on Sunday elected Anura Kumara Dissanayake, a Marxist-leaning politician, as its new president, placing faith in ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who is scheduled to be sworn in on Monday, in his initial response said the unity of Sinhalese, ...