Caught between domestic desperation and the manacles of foreign debt, Sri Lanka’s Marxist leader and newly elected president ...

A fortnight later, when the votes were counted, Anura won a clear mandate, beating key challengers like Sajith Premadasa of ...

The new President has held detailed discussions with the Central Bank governor and his team, opting not to reshuffle them.

Young Anura Dissanayake grew up amid lush paddy fields, ancient irrigation tanks and vegetable plots. Though a typical, happy ...

Mohan Mendis The 2019 and 2024 Sri Lankan presidential elections saw significant shifts in political leadership and voter ...

Rajan Philips It is no exaggeration to say that no previous Sri Lankan political leader has achieved what Anura Kumara Dissanayake accomplished this week. His leap from 418,553 (3.16%) in 2019 to ...

In a message conveyed to the Government of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, the Government of the Republic of ...

US President Joe Biden has congratulated Sri Lanka’s new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on his election to office ...

Voters who earlier backed other candidates and the usual smaller number from the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) contributed ...

You could blame the Buddhist extremists of the majority Sinhalese population who led the first pogroms against the Tamil minority in 1958, or the Marxist insurrection that broke out in 1971 (30,000 ...

It’s hard to know who ruined Sri Lanka, because there are so many plausible candidates. You could blame the Buddhist extremists of the majority Sinhalese population who led the first pogroms against ...

Once the “Hallelujah’ cries of the adoring faithful of the National People’s Power (NPP) party in bestowing the long detested executive crown on President Anura Kumara Dissanayake (AKD) subside, it is ...