"Anura Dissanayake, leader of the JVP and the National Peoples' Power (NPP), was elected as the ninth executive president of ...

India hosted Dissanayake, leader of Sri Lanka’s Leftist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP, or People’s Liberation Front), ...

Sri Lanka's close neighbours India, Pakistan, and the Maldives also congratulated Dissanayake on his win, along with China, ...

Japan, India and China are key parties to Sri Lanka's $12.5 billion debt rework. Dissanayake has expressed his intention to ...

Sri Lanka's new leftist president, Anura Kumara Dissanayaka, warned his nation not to expect a magical quick fix for the ...

India beat Bangladesh by 280 runs in the first of the two-match Test series played at Chennai. The win has boosted India's ...

Anura Dissanayake, leader of the Marxist-leaning Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) party, was sworn in on Monday as the ninth ...

Colombo: Sri Lanka s first leftist president was sworn in to office Monday and vowed to restore public faith in politics, but ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake, a Marxist, has been sworn in as Sri Lanka’s new president. Popularly known as AKD, the 55-year-old heads the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), which is known for its ...

A son of the soil image and dissatisfaction with traditional political parties that have ruled Sri Lanka for over seven ...

Sri Lankans have elected Anura Kumara Dissanayake as the country's new president, giving the Marxist-leaning politician a key ...

In the late 1980s, Anura Kumara Dissanayake joined a Marxist-Leninist party that sought to assassinate Sri Lanka’s leaders ...