COLOMBO, (REUTERS) – Sri Lanka’s leftist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake took office as president on September 23, promising change in the island nation long led by powerful political families ...

ECONOMYNEXT – Amid public grumbling over delay in Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Dissanayake government’s election promises on political accountability, the authorities have initiated a series of ...

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake-led National People’s Power government’s anti-corruption acts are under scrutiny as public ... Former North Central Province Chief Minister S.M. Ranjith and his ...

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, appearing on a television talk show a few nights ago, ... parliamentary service entitles the beneficiary to a lifetime’s pension which will continue to be paid to a ...

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s warning last Sunday that the security provided for former President Mahinda Rajapaksa would be removed if the latter grumbled further about his security was ...

The President of Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Hon. Anura Kumara Dissanayake in his capacity as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, promoted Rear Admiral Kanchana Banagoda to the ...

Sri Lanka began counting votes cast on Thursday in a snap general election that will decide if the Indian Ocean island nation will give its new leftist president greater legislative power to help ...

Sri Lankans made history by electing Anura Kumara Dissanayake (AKD) as Sri Lanka’s ninth executive president in the September 21 presidential election.Dissanayake, the charismatic and left-leaning ...

FILE -Leader and the presidential candidate of National People's Power Anura Kumara Dissanayake speaks to supporters during the final public rally ahead of the election in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sept ...

Commanders of the security forces stand behind as Sri Lanka's new president Anura Kumara Dissanayake, addresses a gathering after he was sworn in at the Sri Lankan President's Office in Colombo ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Marxist politician Anura Dissanayake won Sri Lanka’s presidential election over the weekend, dealing a blow to a political old guard that has been widely blamed for ...

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) ...