The new president's first challenge will be to steady the economy amid "anxieties felt by business and financial groups about ...

COLOMBO, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- Anura Kumara Dissanayake, candidate of National People's Power, emerged as the winner in the presidential election in Sri Lanka held on Saturday, the Election Commission ...

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

Sri Lanka's first leftist president was sworn in to office Monday vowing to restore public faith in politics but said he had ...

Marxist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake was sworn in as Sri Lanka's President on Monday following several years of economic ...

Amid a change of guard in Sri Lanka, many former Indian diplomats on Monday said the results of the presidential election in ...

Marxist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake was sworn in as Sri Lanka’s tenth president on Monday after an election that saw ...

Sri Lanka’s first leftist president was sworn in to office Monday vowing to restore public faith in politics but said he had ...

Marxist politician Anura Kumara Dissanayake was sworn in as Sri Lanka’s president on Monday after an election that saw voters ...

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

Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s strong showing reveals voter weariness with leadership that has led to a national economic crisis ...

The European Union on Monday congratulated Sri Lanka's first leftist president on his election, saying the bloc would continue to support the Indian Ocean island in its path towards economic recovery.