The Central Bank of Sri Lanka, which has sole authority to print currency in the island nation, told AFP it had not released ...

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

Uditha Devapriya and Umesh Moramudali on Sri Lanka’s ongoing political realignment.

Sri Lanka’s newly elected executive president Anura Kumara Dissanayake is in a sense the red or leftist star that has risen over Sri Lanka now. Dissanayake known popularly as Anura and AKD ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake from the National People's Power leads Sri Lanka's presidential election with a significant margin, securing 58% of postal votes. Voter turnout is at nearly 75% ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake who was a short lived cabinet minister in 2004-05 is now the ninth executive president of Sri Lanka When the P-TOMS agreement came into being the JVP demanded that the ...

Marxist-leaning leader from Sri Lanka, Anura Kumara Dissanayake was elected as the new President of the country after he won ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake, now President of Sri Lanka, has assumed control of several key ministries and announced his cabinet appointments. With a focus on eradicating rural poverty and supporting ...

Sri Lanka's new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said on Wednesday that he plans to begin negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) immediately to take forward the country's $2.9 ...

Colombo: Anura Kumara Dissanayake ... Dissanayake will be the country's 9th president. No election in Sri Lanka has ever ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Marxist politician Anura Dissanayake won Sri Lanka’s presidential election over the weekend, dealing a blow to a political old guard that has been widely blamed for ...