ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s newly elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayaka appointed retired Air Vice Marshal Sampath ...

Sri Lanka's political landscape has transformed with Anura Kumara Dissanayaka's election as the 10th president. The leader of the People's Liberation Front (JVP) won the run-off election decisively, r ...

The growing support for Dissanayake, a center-left politician who ran on transparency and the working class, is a reflection ...

Residents in Colombo, the Sri Lankan capital, are hoping for change following the country's election of its first leftist ...

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 the unprecedented economic crisis ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday said he hoped to broaden cooperation with Sri Lanka under his Belt and Road infrastructure initiative (BRI) as he congratulated the island nation's new leader ...

Sri Lanka's first leftist president was sworn in to office Monday vowing to restore public faith in politics but said he had ...

The family of murdered Sri Lanka journalist Lasantha Wickrematunge appealed on Tuesday to the island's new president to ...

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

Sri Lanka's first leftist president was sworn into office Monday vowing to restore public faith in politics after anger over ...

Sri Lanka's leftist president-elect will be sworn into office Monday after simmering public anger over the island nation's ...

Sri Lanka's president-elect Anura Kumara Dissanayaka was previously a fringe politician, whose party led two failed uprisings ...