Dissanayake has garnered 42% of votes in Sri Lanka's election with opposition leader Premadasa at 32% and President ...

Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake leads early official results in Sri Lanka's presidential election, according to ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) is set to become the new President of Sri Lanka as he amassed ...

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 ...

Dissanayake, 55, and his People's Liberation Front (JVP) will "not tear up" the IMF deal, party politburo member Bimal Ratnayake told the news agency AFP.

Marxist-leaning politician Anura Kumara Dissanayake leads early official results in Sri Lanka’s presidential election, according to tallies released on Sunday by the Election Commission. However, he ...

Polls closed in Sri Lanka's first election since the economic collapse, and the counting of votes is underway. Millions of ...

With play continuing following a rest day owing to Sri Lanka's presidential elections held on Saturday, and in front of a ...

Voting for the presidential election in Sri Lanka started at 7 a.m. local time on Saturday and officially ended at 4 p.m. on ...

Israel and Lebanon have exchanged heavy fire, with Israeli warplanes carrying out the most intense bombardment in almost a ...

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s Marxist-leaning leader, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, grabbed a commanding early lead on Sunday ...