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

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 ...

Sri Lanka’s political landscape has shifted significantly with the election of Anura Kumara Dissanayaka as the country’s 10th ...

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 ...

The government must reveal the truth about whether President Anura Kumara Dissanayaka or the World Bank (WB) is being ...

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 ...

The US and India congratulated him earlier Marxist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake was sworn in as Sri Lanka’s president on Monday after an election that saw voters reject an old guard accused ...

Voting rights would allow overseas Sri Lankan workers a voice in economic policies that impact their remittances and financial interests back home, the Institute of Policy Studies has said.

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 ...

The issue of the large scale sale and leasing of State land to both local and foreign buyers came up for discussion during a daylong adjournment debate moved by Democratic National Alliance (DNA) MP ...

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