Even leader Amerasinghe formally denied the claim. "First of all, there are a number of Kumaras in the JVP. For instance, Anura Kumara, Ajith Kumara and so on. But no Kumara who is a member of the JVP ...

Addressing the Sri Lankan parliament on Friday, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake warned that his Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna/National People’s Power (JVP/NPP) government will stop any attempt to ...

JVP MP Anura Kumara Dissanayake told the Sunday Times that his party was calling on the people to join in these protests against the Government, to have a greater impact.“The people are made to suffer ...

In September, Sri Lankans broke their faith with the island’s political elites and elected left-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake, leader of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) and the National ...

Marxist politician Anura Dissanayake won Sri Lanka's presidential ... the student wing of the JVP, which had already staged one armed insurrection in 1971 before giving up arms and entering ...

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, the leader of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP)/National People’s Power (NPP), presented a budget on February 17, imposing the savage austerity ...