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

Marxist politician Anura Dissanayake won Sri Lanka’s presidential election over the weekend, dealing a blow to a political ...

Sri Lanka has made history by voting leftist Anura Kumara Dissanayake to power. The people rejected all the known and tested ...

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

Sri Lanka’s presidential election has headed into a run-off, with leftist outsider Anura Kumara Dissanayake leading the vote count but failing to pass the 50 per cent threshold needed for an outright ...

Dissanayake was born in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. He completed his primary education at Thambuththegama Central College and ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake, leader of the National People’s Power (NPP) party, has been elected as Sri Lanka's new president, ...

The election was crucial as the country seeks to recover from the worst economic crisis in its history and the resulting political upheaval.

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With a record 39 candidates daring to put their names in the hat and the presidential election going to a historic second count (because no candidate managed to secure a clear majority), Sri Lanka ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake, whose party leans towards Marxism, has won the Sri Lankan election after a historic two rounds of counting. Anura Kumara Dissanayake, whose party leans towards Marxism, has ...

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