Sri Lanka elected Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake as its new president on Sunday, putting faith in the 55-year-old's ...

Dissanayake pledged to change the island's "corrupt" political culture. The nation's battered economy took centre stage ...

Sri Lanka's Marxist-leaning leader, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, won the presidential election for the debt-ridden island nation ...

By Uditha Jayasinghe and Sudipto Ganguly COLOMBO (Reuters) -Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake and opposition leader ...

Sri Lanka has its first Communist president in 56-year-old Anura Kumar Dissanayake - a historic verdict after a second round of counting, another first in the island's presidential election history.

Sri Lanka's Marxist-leaning leader, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, grabbed a commanding early lead on Sunday in his bid to become ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake has been elected as Sri Lanka's new president, becoming the first Marxist leader in the country's ...

Left-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake wins Sri Lanka presidential election, calls it 'vote for change' ...

Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake leads early official results in Sri Lanka's presidential election, according to ...

Dissanayake, head of the once-fringe Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, has clinched Sri Lanka’s presidency, turning the page on ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Marxist lawmaker Anura Dissanayake claims victory in Sri Lanka's presidential election.

Marxist-leaning lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake leads early official results in Sri Lanka’s presidential election, ...