Who is Sri Lanka’s new president Anura Kumara Dissanayake? - BBC
WEB1 day ago · Dissanayake was born on 24 November, 1968 in Galewela, a multi-cultural and multi-religious town in central Sri Lanka. Raised as a member of the middle-class, he is public school educated, has a ...
Sri Lanka Elects Leftist Leader Dissanayake as President - The New …
WEB2 days ago · Reporting from Colombo, Sri Lanka. The Marxist candidate, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, was elected president of Sri Lanka on Sunday, riding a wave of popular anger at the established political order ...
Sri Lanka election results: Marxist-leaning Dissanayake elected as ...
WEB1 day ago · COLOMBO Reuters —. Sri Lankans elected Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake as their new president on Sunday, putting faith in his pledge to fight corruption and bolster a fragile economic ...
Who is Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Sri Lanka's new Marxist …
WEB1 day ago · 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 the unprecedented economic crisis that hit the South Asian island nation two years ago. Dissanayake, whose pro …
Marxist Dissanayake wins Sri Lanka’s presidential election ... - AP …
WEB1 day ago · Updated 8:31 PM PDT, September 22, 2024. COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake won Sri Lanka’s presidential election, the Election Commission announced Sunday, after voters rejected the old political guard that has been widely accused of pushing the South Asian nation into economic ruin.
Marxist-leaning Dissanayake wins Sri Lanka’s election: What’s next?
WEB1 day ago · Dissanayake, 55, won the presidency with 55.8 percent of the vote in the second round. His closest rival, Sajith Premadasa, got the remaining 44.2 percent of the vote. In the first round ...
Anura Kumara Dissanayake sworn in as Sri Lanka's president
WEB1 day ago · 2 minutes ago. Sri Lanka's new president, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, has taken his oath of office, promising to "rewrite history" for a country that is recovering from its worst economic crisis ...
Sri Lanka's left-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake elected ... - Sky …
WEB2 days ago · Anura Kumara Dissanayake has won the most votes in Sri Lanka's first presidential election since mass protests in 2022 saw the country's then president forced to flee and resign.
Who is Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Sri Lanka's new Marxist
WEB1 day ago · Dissanayake is the leader of National People’s Power alliance, and of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, or People’s Liberation Front, a Marxist political party that waged two unsuccessful armed ...
Dissanayake sworn in as Sri Lanka seeks to recover from severe
WEB1 day ago · World Sep 23, 2024 2:02 PM EDT. COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Marxist politician Anura Kumara Dissanayake was sworn in as Sri Lanka’s president on Monday after an election that saw voters reject ...