Anura Kumara Dissanayake took the lead in early opinion polls before he was declared the winner of Sri Lanka’s election.

The Commonwealth Observer Group yesterday said that the Presidential Election was credible and transparent and commended the ...

By Amarasiri de Silva The 2024 Sri Lankan presidential election is considered a watershed moment for several key reasons. One of the most significant aspects is the peaceful transfer of power from a ...

Sri Lankans voted for a new direction in leadership on Sept. 22, 2024, electing a leftist anti-poverty campaigner as ...

Marxist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake has been sworn in as Sri Lanka's tenth president by Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya on Monday. With this, Dissanayake has officially become the first Marxist ...

"A Dissanayake win is the worst possible outcome for Sri Lanka’s bonds, raising question marks not only for the IMF programme ...

Newly elected president Anura Kumara Dissanayake struck a chord with a nation frustrated and crying out for a brighter future ...

Sri Lanka’s dollar bonds slid as leftist candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s victory at the presidential election put the ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping congratulated Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Sri Lanka’s new president, after his swearing-in ...

Amid a change of guard in Sri Lanka, many former Indian diplomats on Monday said the results of the presidential election in ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake, leader of leftist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), a party that attempted insurrection twice and ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake has taken oath as Sri Lanka’s new President. In his address after taking the oath, President ...