Sri Lanka's new president, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, named college professor and first-time lawmaker Harini Amarasuriya as ...

Sri Lanka's new president Anura Kumara Dissanayake addresses a gathering after he was sworn in at the Sri Lankan President's ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake was sworn in as the new president of Sri Lanka on Monday after the National People's Power leader ...

Yet many Sri Lankans continue to demand fundamental change. It is not only swingeing austerity that angers them: they are ...

Voter disillusionment with the traditional political elite is behind the rise of the NPP. But to build an inclusive Sri Lanka free from ethnic and religious tensions, president Dissanayake needs to ga ...

His victory follows a period of both political and fiscal turmoil that led to former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Marxist politician Anura Kumara Dissanayake was sworn in as Sri Lanka's president on Monday after an ...

Dissanayake’s victory represents a significant political shift in Sri Lanka which is still grappling with an economic fallout ...

Marxist President Anura Kumara Dissanayake vowed to renegotiate an IMF rescue plan implemented after millions of people sank ...

The 55-year-old pro-working class leader has said he will renegotiate the IMF deal to make austerity measures more bearable ...

Voters backed Marxist coalition leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake, rejecting an old guard accused of leading the country into ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake was sworn in as Sri Lanka's ninth president, promising to bolster the economy and fight corruption.