Sri Lanka's new President Anura Kumara Dissanayaka attending his swearing-in ceremony, in Colombo. Sri Lanka's first leftist president was sworn in to office on September 23 vowing to restore ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake, 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's first leftist president was sworn into office on Monday vowing to restore public faith in politics after anger over the island nation's unprecedented economic crisis propelled him to a ...

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

Sri Lanka's election commission declared a previously fringe Marxist politician the country's president-elect on Sunday after a vote coloured by discontent over the island nation's response to an ...

A meeting between President Anura Kumara Disanayake and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) Sultan A. Al-Marshad was held yesterday afternoon (14) at the Presidential ...

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 ongoing count in Saturday’s poll showed Anura Kumara Dissanayaka on 52 percent with just over a million votes counted, well above his nearest rivals. Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa was ...

Colombo (AFP) – Sri Lanka's Marxist president-elect Anura Kumara Dissanayaka hails from a party behind two deadly insurrections, counts Che Guevara among his heroes and will now helm a country ...

Colombo – Sri Lanka's presidential hopeful Anura Kumara Dissanayaka wants a peaceful revolution after his Marxist party failed to seize power in two uprisings that left more than 80,000 people dead.

Anura Kumara Dissanayaka, the presidential candidate from National People's Power, shows his ink-marked finger after casting his vote at a polling station on the day of the presidential election ...

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.