President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's promise to hold corrupt officials accountable has fueled his public support.

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

Sri Lanka holds a snap election on Thursday which will determine if the South Asian island nation wants to empower its new, ...

Sri Lanka's new leftist leader, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, seeks to expand his parliamentary seats with backing from ...

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.

Sri Lanka's new leftist leader has drawn strong support from an unlikely source as he seeks to expand his three parliamentary ...

Dissanayake, popularly known as AKD, polled 1.27 million votes more than nearest rival and main opposition leader Sajith Premadasa. Incumbent President Ranil Wickremesinghe finished third.

This enabled Anura to spearhead a commendable political renaissance of the JVP led NPP. As is well known , Anura Kumara Dissanayake finished first in the presidential election held on 24 September ...

Sri Lanka’s President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Sunday (Nov 10) vowed to return land currently controlled by state agencies ...

Sri Lanka’s new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake says that he will soon resume discussions with the International Monetary Fund and foreign creditors to plot a way out of the worst economic ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake, now President of Sri Lanka, has assumed control of several key ministries and announced his cabinet appointments. With a focus on eradicating rural poverty and supporting ...

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 ...