Anura Kumara Dissanayake may lack the political lineage of some of his rivals, but his leftist anti-poverty policies and pledge to fight ...

Considering the incoming Sri Lankan Premier's views on India and its stance on ethnic Tamil minorities, what can this mean ...

It is not surprising that the leftist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) party won elections for the first time in Sri Lankan ...

The 2022 protests that toppled the Gotabaya Rajapaksa regime catapulted the JVP, and by extension Dissanayake, to the ...

Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake has won the Sri Lankan presidential election, according to data released by the ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake, a member of parliament since 2000, comes from a working-class family. He was the first from his ...

As the leader of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), a left-wing marxist political party, Dissanayak has framed himself as a man of the people, a fresh face, and a new direction ...

He was the first sitting president to run for re-election since Mahinda Rajapaksa sought re-election in 2015. "I successfully completed the responsibility that history put on my shoulders. I was able ...

Mr. Wickremesinghe, 75, a six-time former prime minister, is a political survivor. His elevation to the presidency in 2022, ...

Thirty-eight candidates are running for president of the Asian nation of Sri Lanka, which is still recovering from a 2022 ...

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe and presidential candidate Namal Rajapaksa were among the notable figures who cast ...