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

Sri Lanka began counting votes cast on Thursday in a snap general election that will decide if the Indian Ocean island nation ...

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 Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's coalition, the National People's Power (NPP), was set for victory in a snap ...

In a historic election, Sri Lankans have chosen Anura Kumara Dissanayake ... Coming from a non-political family, 19-year-old Dissanayake actively participated in the 1987-89 armed insurrection ...

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 ...

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake won the presidential election on Sept. 21 in a victory that marked a rejection of the ...

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 ...

Marxist politician Anura Dissanayake won Sri ... Born on Nov. 24, 1968 into an ordinary family in a paddy-growing central ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Marxist politician Anura Dissanayake ... 1968 into an ordinary family in a paddy-growing central part of Sri Lanka, Dissanayake was politically active from his school ...