The Central Bank of Sri Lanka, which has sole authority to print currency in the island nation, told AFP it had not released banknotes featuring the image of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake ...

Marxist politician Anura Kumara Dissanayake was sworn in as Sri Lanka’s president on Monday after an election that saw voters reject an old guard accused of leading the country into economic crisis.

Marxist politician Anura Kumara Dissanayake officially entered office as the president of Sri Lanka on Monday. Dissanayake, 55, defeated President Ranil Wickremesinghe, whose party was accused of ...

Sept. 22 (UPI) --Anura Kumara Dissanayake, a Marxist, has won Sri Lanka's presidential election following a historic second ballot count."This victory belongs to us all," Dissanayake, 55, told Sri ...

Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake won Sri Lanka’s presidential election, the Election Commission announced Sunday, after voters rejected the old political guard that has been widely ...

Sri Lankans elected Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake as their new president on Sunday, putting faith in his pledge to fight corruption and bolster a fragile economic recovery following the ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake offered his broad leftist coalition as the best hope for a different political culture, one not ruled by nepotism and corruption. By Mujib Mashal and Pamodi Waravita ...

FILE -Anura Kumara Dissanayake, center, leader of opposition political party National People’s Power attends a protest rally in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Feb. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, File) ...

Sri Lanka's leftist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake took office as president on Monday, promising change in the island nation long led by powerful political families which is emerging from its ...

Marxist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake was sworn in as Sri Lanka’s president on Monday after an election that saw voters reject an old guard accused of leading the country into economic crisis.