President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, 55, who counts Karl Marx and Che Guevara among his heroes, has the backing of the country ...

The names of JVP stalwarts such as K.D. Lalkantha, Tilvin Silva, Vijitha Herath, Sunil Handunneththi, Bimal Ratnayake and Anura Kumara Dissanayake were bandied about as potential successors.

The enactment of the Anti-Corruption Act No. 9 of 2023 by the previous regime repealed the long-standing Bribery Act No. 11 of 1954, the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption ...

In the history of the JVP, Dissanayake has played a particular role in its jettisoning of socialistic demagogy and ...

Forced into exile 25 years ago and compelled to stay away in order to stay alive, journalist D.B.S. Jeyaraj always dreamt of returning to Sri Lanka. That flame of hope flickered occasionally, as the ...

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, on Friday (25), sought Myanmar’s assistance in securing the release of Sri Lankans detained by criminal gangs in Myanmar, according to a statement from the ...

Under normal circumstances, the victory of Anura Kumara ... opposite," Dissanayake said last week. "This is clearly a corrupt deal, and we will definitely cancel it." In any case, expectations ...

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump chose loyalists with little experience for several key cabinet positions on Wednesday, ...

Commanders of the security forces stand behind as Sri Lanka's new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake addresses a gathering after he was sworn in at the Sri Lankan President's Office in Colombo, Sri ...

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka, which has sole authority to print currency in the island nation, told AFP it had not released banknotes featuring the image of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake ...

Tisaranee Gunasekara “The future is cloth waiting to be cut.” Seamus Heaney (The Burial at Thebes) The point had been made often enough. Without a Gotabaya Rajapaksa presidency, there wouldn’t have ...

Jaishankar on Tuesday appeared unfazed by the election of Anura Kumara Dissanayake ... in both these cases, I would expect that our relationship would continue to be positive and constructive.” India ...