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

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

Theravada Economic Concepts Theravada Buddhism, often regarded as more conservative and focused on individual liberation, emphasises personal responsibility in the accumulation and use of wealth. It ...

The financial crash was the worst since majority-Buddhist Sri Lanka won independence from British colonial rule in 1948. Dissanayaka and his JVP, or People's Liberation Front, have seen their ...

Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake was leading Sri Lanka’s presidential election after knocking out the incumbent ...

Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake has claimed he has won Sri Lanka’s presidential election. Dissanayake said in an X ...

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

Colombo, September 15: Sri Lanka and Bengal have links going back to Prince Vijaya who came to Sri Lanka from Bengal with his retinue in 543 BC and established the island’s first dynasty that ruled ...

A previously fringe Marxist politician was on course Sunday to become Sri Lanka's next leader after a presidential vote coloured by discontent over the island nation's response to an unprecedented ...

An outline of some foundational teachings of Buddhism and its response to suffering. The presenter talks through the key ideas, including the story of Siddhartha, with cartoon illustrations.

Sajith Premadasa, the leader of Sri Lanka's main opposition party, is a frontrunner in Saturday's presidential election and a win will hand him the top job more than 30 years after his father was ...