That conflict, between the Tamil Tiger rebels and the Sri Lankan state, erupted in 1983. The Tigers eventually had vast areas ...
Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s strong showing reveals voter weariness with leadership that has led to a national economic crisis ...
Dissanayake, head of the once-fringe Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, has clinched Sri Lanka’s presidency, turning the page on ...
“100 % sure.” That is what Anura Kumara Dissanayake, opposition legislator from Colombo, said days before the September 21 ...
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 Dissanayake, the left-wing leader of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), has won the 2024 Sri Lanka ...
Sri Lanka's presidential election has progressed to a second round of counting for the first time, as no candidate reached ...
Anura Kumara Dissanayake, the leader of the Marxist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna's (JVP) broader front National People's Power ...
Sri Lanka's Marxist-leaning leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake has taken a commanding lead in the presidential election, winning ...
The latest results showed Anura Kumara Dissanayake of the Marxist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna party's broader front National People’s Power (NPP) had won 39.52 per cent of the votes counted.