Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake won Sri Lanka’s presidential election, the Election Commission announced Sunday.

The election was crucial as Sri Lanka seeks to recover from the worst economic crisis in its history and the resulting ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s strong showing reveals voter weariness with leadership that has led to a national economic crisis ...

Sri Lanka's leftist president-elect on Sunday invited his compatriots to help him "rewrite" history in the cash-strapped ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Marxist lawmaker Dissanayake has won Sri Lanka's presidential election as voters reject old political guard.

Sri Lanka's election commission declared a previously fringe Marxist politician the country's president-elect on Sunday after ...

Sept. 22 (UPI) --Anura Kumara Dissanayake, a Marxist, has won Sri Lanka's presidential election following a historic second ballot count. "This victory belongs to us all," Dissanayake, 55, told Sri ...

A Jaya Pirith chanting ceremony was held this morning (14) in Hikkaduwa to invoke blessings on the ‘Sarvajana Balaya’ ...

It's not that easy - but he makes it look so easy." Root (103) reached the feat in style by cutting Sri Lanka's right-arm pace bowler Lahiru Kumara (3-53) through the covers for four during the ...

His wife is unemployed, but has shares in several companies, including Hikkaduwa Beach Hotel PLC, Union Chemicals Lanka PLC ...