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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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

Sri Lanka's 2024 presidential election went into a second round of counting after no candidate secured over 50% of the vote.

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 ...