Dissanayake’s win dealt a blow to a political old guard that has been widely blamed for the unprecedented economic crisis ...

Marxist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake was sworn in as Sri Lanka's President on Monday following several years of economic ...

Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake has won Sri Lanka’s presidential election as voters rejected the old political ...

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Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake has won Sri Lanka’s presidential election as voters rejected the old political ...

Left-leaning politician Anura Kumara Dissanayake has won Sri Lanka’s presidential election after a historic second round of ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake is sworn in as Sri Lanka's ninth executive president in a simple ceremony.

The 55-year-old pro-working class leader has said he will renegotiate the IMF deal to make austerity measures more bearable ...

Sri Lankan presidential election, held on September 21, has been deemed peaceful by the Commonwealth Observer Group, but it ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) -- Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake won Sri Lanka's presidential election, the Election ...

The question is whether Mr Dissanayake will run the country the same way he positioned his campaign: As an outside insurgent ...

In Sri Lanka, Anura Kumara Dissanayake was sworn in as president today, becoming the country’s first leftist leader. He won ...