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

Anura Kumara Dissanayake, the left-wing leader of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), has won the 2024 Sri Lanka ...

Dissanayake is the leader of the historically anti-India Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP). Sri Lanka's election commission ...

That conflict, between the Tamil Tiger rebels and the Sri Lankan state, erupted in 1983. The Tigers eventually had vast areas ...

“100 % sure.” That is what Anura Kumara Dissanayake, opposition legislator from Colombo, said days before the September 21 ...

Sri Lanka's presidential election has progressed to a second round of counting for the first time, as no candidate reached ...

Voting in Sri Lanka’s first presidential election since a major economic crisis closed on Saturday, officials said, reporting ...

India clinches maiden Chess Olympiad gold; Sri Lanka presidential election goes to second round and more in The Hindu’s top ...

Dissanayake, who leads National People’s Power (NPP) and Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) has positioned itself as a voice for ...

In a historic first, Sri Lanka's presidential election on Sunday went into a second round of counting after no candidate secured over 50 per cent vote needed to be declared the winner. As per the ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayaka, 56, is Sri Lanka’s second president from a humble background. His father was a farm labourer. With ...