COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is looking to consolidate his party's power in ...

This snap election, called by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, comes at a critical time for Sri Lanka, which is still ...

The snap parliamentary elections were called by President Dissanayake after he won polls in September on a promise to combat ...

President Aruna Kumara Dissanayake, who was elected as President in September, is seeking a majority so that most of the policies of his Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna can get parliamentary approval ...

Since their swearing-in in September this year, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s cabinet of three has been campaigning for long-term economic and political reform. To make these major changes and ...

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka is set to hold its parliamentary election on Thursday with all arrangements in place to ensure a fair and transparent process, a top election ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake was elected president of the South Asian country ... group from the party of the Raja­paksa family and backed by former president Ranil Wickremesinghe. Voters who backed ...

THE country’s new leftist leader has drawn strong support from an unlikely source as he seeks to expand his three parliamentary seats to a house majority in elections on Thursday.

Thursday’s vote would be the first major test of the popularity of the ruling party, National People’s Power, led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake ... Since assuming office, Dissanayake has ...

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake (AKD), having raised expectations about ... Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) leader Sajith ...

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, popularly known as AKD ... Entry of new faces as veterans shy away Several veteran ...