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

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

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 ...

Sri Lanka's Marxist-leaning leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake has taken a commanding lead in the presidential election, winning ...