Geewananda Gunawardana The last election was a momentous landmark in Sri Lanka’s history. It is an important first step in ...

Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake has taken office as Sri Lanka’s president shortly after winning the country’s ...

Days after Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s swearing-in as president of Sri Lanka, media reports claim that India’s external ...

Sri Lanka has experienced significant political turmoil in recent years, marked by economic crises, social unrest and a reconfiguration of its political landscape. The phenomenon of repolarisation ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s strong showing reveals voter weariness with leadership that has led to a national economic crisis ...

Under the “Belt and Road” initiative proposed by China, China-Sri Lanka economic and trade cooperation has ushered in ...

So far no independent female politician without any family connection to politics rose into power in Sri Lanka. At the moment women represent 51.9 percent of the total Sri Lankan population. But from ...

Marxist lawmaker Dissanayake has won Sri Lanka's presidential election as voters reject old political guard COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Marxist lawmaker Dissanayake has won Sri Lanka's presidential ...

In the late 1980s, Anura Kumara Dissanayake joined a Marxist-Leninist party that sought to assassinate Sri Lanka’s leaders ... the mainstream of Sri Lankan politics. Still, for a nation that ...

Under normal circumstances, the victory of Anura Kumara Dissanayake in Sri Lanka's presidential election would have been called a political earthquake. But with many having labelled the left ...

The election and inauguration of Sri Lanka’s first leftist President, Anura Dissanayake, has marked the beginning of a new chapter in the country’s political landscape. There are many ...

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