Sri Lanka's new leftist president is expected to call a snap parliamentary election ahead of his plans to renegotiate the ...

Two years ago, tens of thousands of Sri Lankans rose up against their president and forced him to flee the country ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake won the presidential election in Sri Lanka on Saturday. The 55-year-old prevailed against 37 ...

"We have deeply understood that we are going to get a challenging country," Dissanayake said. "We don't believe that a ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

There are 17 million eligible voters, and final results are expected Sunday. They will show whether Sri Lankans approve of ...

Voting for the presidential election in Sri Lanka concluded peacefully on Saturday afternoon, with the counting of the votes ...