Anura Kumara Dissanayake has been declared the winner of the sri Lankan presidential polls on Sunday. Here’s all you need to know about him ...

Marxist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake was sworn in as Sri Lanka’s president on Monday after an election that saw voters ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Anura Kumara Dissanayake for his victory in the Sri Lankan presidential election.

Dissanayake pledged to change the island's "corrupt" political culture. The nation's battered economy took centre stage ...

Sri Lanka's Marxist president-elect Anura Kumara Dissanayaka hails from a party behind two deadly insurrections, counts Che ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake, leader of Sri Lanka’s National People’s Power (NPP) coalition, has been elected president following ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake has that effect on people. Political observers say his people skills are impeccable. They point to ...

His party, the JVP, twice fought violent battles to overthrow the very Sri Lankan state that he now wants to run.

Tamils form 12% of the country's 22 million population, but have long been electorally sidelined, as most candidates belong ...

The voting will begin at over 13,000 polling stations in 22 electoral districts across Sri Lanka at 7 am and end at 4 pm.

The Hindu’s profile on Marxist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake, the winner of the Sri Lankan Presidential election 2024, ...

Marxist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake was sworn in as Sri Lanka’s 10th president on Monday after an election that saw voters reject an old guard accused of leading the country into economic crisis.