Sri Lanka's new president won the election decisively, but his toughest task still lies ahead as he seeks to balance promises ...

Vidhura S. Tennekoon, Indiana University Sri Lankans voted for a new direction in leadership on Sept. 22, 2024, electing a ...

Marxist-leaning firebrand Anura Kumara Dissanayake, whose tax cut pledges won over many of the two-thirds of his people mired ...

Self-avowed Marxist Anura Kumara Dissanayake was sworn into office on Monday after a landslide win in weekend presidential ...

Marxist politician Anura Kumara Dissanayake was sworn in as Sri Lanka’s president on Monday after an election that saw voters ...

Sri Lanka's new leftist president is expected to call a snap parliamentary election ahead of his plans to renegotiate the ...

Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith of Colombo has called on newly elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to focus on the needs of ...

Major Hurricane John made landfall on Monday night as a Category 3 storm along Mexico's Pacific coast where forecasters are ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake won the presidential election in Sri Lanka on Saturday. The 55-year-old prevailed against 37 ...

The Pentagon said Monday that additional troops will be sent to the Middle East as the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah rapidly escalates and as world leaders warn it was devolving into a ...

The election of Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake as Sri Lanka’s executive president is a major ...

The International Monetary Fund is ready to discuss its controversial $2.9 billion bailout programme for Sri Lanka with the ...