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

Uditha Devapriya and Umesh Moramudali on Sri Lanka’s ongoing political realignment.

Sri Lanka's new president, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, is tasked with leading ... where the Tamil and Muslim populations are ...

Sri Lanka’s newly elected executive president Anura Kumara Dissanayake is in a sense the ... membership in the pre-dominantly Tamil and Muslim regions of the Northern and Eastern Provinces.

Anura Kumara Dissanayake , though not securing a 50%+1 vote ... In this backdrop, a new political platform for the minorities is emerging. The Tamil, Muslim and upcountry people need to change their ...

Forced into exile 25 years ago and compelled to stay away in order to stay alive, journalist D.B.S. Jeyaraj always dreamt of returning to Sri Lanka. That flame of hope flickered occasionally, as the ...

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 ...

The Tamil nationalist parties based in the North and East of Sri Lanka did not support Anura Kumara Dissanayake ... Sinhala and Muslim workers and forced President Gotabhaya Rajapakse to flee ...

Sri Lanka's newly appointed President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has started to implement ... "Regardless of whether one ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake, now President of Sri Lanka, has assumed control of several key ministries and announced his cabinet appointments. With a focus on eradicating rural poverty and supporting ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Marxist politician Anura Dissanayake won Sri Lanka’s presidential election over the weekend, dealing a blow to a political old guard that has been widely blamed for ...