Sri Lanka swore in Anura Kumara Dissanayake as the nation's president on Monday, a member of the Marxist group People's Liberation Front.

Sri Lanka's new president, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, is tasked with leading the island nation, which has long been led by ...

Marxist politician Anura Dissanayake won Sri Lanka's presidential election over the weekend, dealing a blow to a political ...

In Sri Lanka, Anura Kumara Dissanayake was sworn in as president today, becoming the country’s first leftist leader. He won ...

The election came as the country seeks to recover from a severe economic crisis that led to shortages of essentials such as ...

In the late 1980s, Anura Kumara Dissanayake joined a Marxist-Leninist party that sought to assassinate Sri Lanka’s leaders and overthrow the government in an armed insurrection. On Sunday, he won ...

The growing support for Dissanayake, a center-left politician who ran on transparency and the working class, is a reflection ...

Sri Lanka’s newly sworn-in President, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, has vowed to bring "cleaner" politics to the nation in his inauguration speech, promising to tackle corruption and uphold transparency.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka will hold its ... whom Sri Lankans blame for the economic collapse. Anura Kumara Dissanayake, the leader of a Marxist-led coalition named National People ...