President Dissanayake’s party has won a two-thirds majority in parliament, including among Tamils and Muslims.

Anura Kumara Dissanayake was born on November 24, 1968, in Thambuththegama, Sri Lanka, into a working-class family. His ...

The sweeping mandate to the left coalition underlines widening support for his leftist policies, giving him the power to push ...

The party of Sri Lanka’s new Marxist-leaning President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has won a two-thirds majority in parliament.

Sri Lanka defaulted on $50 billion in external debt in 2022, pushing the populace towards an alternative candidate.

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake thanked voters Friday for delivering his leftist coalition a landslide victory ...

The National People’s Power won a parliamentary election that will allow the country’s new president to unroll his reform ...

In Sri Lanka, the leftist coalition of the new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has won a landslide victory in snap ...

The left-leaning coalition of newly elected Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake won 159 of the legislature's 225 ...

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s coalition won a historic parliamentary supermajority in the country’s ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake led the National People's Power coalition to a significant victory in Sri Lanka's snap parliamentary ...