Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Thursday assured the minority Tamil community that he would build a country free of racism and rich in national unity.I know that many of you here ...

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake delivered a speech on February 4, Sri Lanka’s 77th Independence Day, full of lies, distortions and half-truths making a patriotic and nationalist appeal to working ...

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 an old guard accused of leading the ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake's celebrates his vote. Tharaka Basnayaka/NurPhoto via Getty Images Anura Kumara Dissanayake leads both the National People’s Power alliance, or NPP, and the Janatha Vimukthi ...

Addressing the Sri Lankan parliament on Friday, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake warned that his Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna/National People’s Power (JVP/NPP) government will stop any attempt to ...

Prominent Marxist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake was inaugurated as Sri Lanka's President on Monday. In a significant political shift, voters decisively rejected the previous government, which they ...

FILE -Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake waves as he departs the election commission office after winning the Sri Lankan presidential election in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sept. 22, 2024., File) ...