Mr Dissanayake won about 53 per cent of a million votes counted so far in the election. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Dissanayake, 55, leads the National People's Power, a coalition of leftist political parties and groups backed by protesters ...

Various reasons have always been adduced to explain Africa’s slow development since 1960 by scholars and political observers. One major dynamic has been the colonial and neo-colonial factors. It is ...

A previously fringe Marxist politician was on course Sunday to become Sri Lanka's next leader after a presidential vote ...