Anura Kumara Dissanayake, a former Marxist-Leninist insurgent, has been elected as Sri Lanka's new president. His victory ...

Marxist political outsider takes oath as new Sri Lanka president as voters reject establishment parties - Dissanayake’s win ...

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

In the late 1980s, Anura Kumara Dissanayake joined a Marxist-Leninist party that sought to assassinate Sri Lanka’s leaders ...