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) ...

National People’s Power leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake, in the red shirt, attends a protest rally in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Feb. 26, 2023 (AP photo by Eranga Jayawardena). The JVP is notorious for ...

Sri Lanka’s ruling Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna/National People’s Power (JVP/NPP) is campaigning for the May 6 local government elections on the basis of lies, hypocrisy and false promises.

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.

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) ...

NPP presidential candidate JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake addressing Business Forum on September 4, 2024 [Photo: NPP Facebook]. He was contacted by Amarasinghe, who was living in exile in ...

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 the unprecedented economic ...