Sri Lanka's political campaigning drew to a close Monday ahead of parliamentary polls that have turned into a referendum on ambitious plans to tackle corruption in the bankrupt nation.

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake at the Colombo International Book Fair which was held at the BMICH. (File Photo) The astrologer looked up with amazement and told Anura’s mother “Your son ...

In the history of the JVP, Dissanayake has played a particular role in its jettisoning of socialistic demagogy and ...

In early February, Anura Kumara Dissanayake visited New Delhi to meet ... Namal Rajapaksa, the eldest son of former President ...

Former business leader turned Western Province Governor Hanif Yusoof last week at a corporate forum spoke highly of newly ...

SJB secretary claims party confident of massive victory, says government popularity on the wane The month-long campaign by political parties and groups ends at midnight tomorrow for Thursday’s ...

More than three decades after Sri Lanka's former president Ranasinghe Premadasa was assassinated by a suicide bomber in May ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka--Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake won Sri Lanka’s presidential election, the Election Commission announced Sunday, after voters rejected the old political guard that ...

By Rohana R. Wasala A feature article in  The Island Financial Review of February 16, 2023 served as a formal event ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake is from the Marxist party Janatha ... after breaking away from Wikremesinghe’s UNP. Premadasa, son ...