Sri Lanka's new leftist president Anura Kumara Dissanayake dissolved parliament on Tuesday and called a snap election for November 14, almost a year ahead of schedule.

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 ...

In a seismic shift that could reshape South Asia’s geopolitical landscape, the resurgence of Sri Lanka’s Janatha Vimukthi ...

The swearing-in of Anura Kumara Dissanayake as Sri Lanka’s new elected President symbolises a dramatic shift in the class ...

THE extraordinary events that took place during 2022 have reached their denouement at the recently concluded presidential ...

Sri Lanka’s newly appointed President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Tuesday signed the special gazette notification ordering the dissolution of parliament, officials said. The dissolution will be ...

This week: Sri Lanka elects a president on a wave of anti-establishment backlash, Germany’s chancellor breathes a sigh of ...

Sri Lanka's new leftist president dissolved parliament on Tuesday and called a snap election as he prepares to renegotiate the bankrupt nation's unpopular International Monetary Fund bailout programme ...

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake promises Sri Lankans that his coalition government aims to end the country’s economic and ...

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake appointed a new Cabinet of Ministers on Tuesday evening, with Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya, lawmaker Vijitha Herath and himself taking on Cabinet ...

Sri Lanka's new president, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, named college professor and first-time lawmaker Harini Amarasuriya as ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake offered his broad leftist coalition as the best hope for a different political culture, one not ...