Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake won Sri Lanka’s presidential election, the Election Commission announced Sunday, ...

Dissanayake, 55, defeated opposition leader Sajith Premadasa, who garnered 4,530,902 votes, along with 36 other candidates.

After taking oath on Monday, the new Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said he had no magic solution to the ...

Popularly known as AKD, 56-year-old Marxist leader Dissanayake was sworn in as Sri Lanka's ninth president by Chief Justice ...

President Xi Jinping has sent a message to Anura Kumara Dissanayake, congratulating him on his inauguration as president of ...

The country is emerging from a years-long economic collapse blamed partly on struggling high-debt Chinese mega-projects ...

For India to view the new Sri Lankan leadership only through the prism of the past or through their narrow view on China, is ...

Self-avowed Marxist Anura Kumara Dissanayaka of the People's Liberation Front (JVP) took his oath at the colonial-era ...

Marxist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake was sworn-in as Sri Lanka president in a ceremony held at the Presidential ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping congratulated Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Sri Lanka’s new president, after his swearing-in ...

Sri Lanka’s new president, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, has taken office with a pledge to usher in "clean" politics, as the ...

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has congratulated Anura Kumara Dissanayake on his election as Sri Lanka’s new ...