Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake won Sri Lanka’s presidential election, the Election Commission announced Sunday.

The election was crucial as the country seeks to recover from the worst economic crisis in its history and the resulting ...

That conflict, between the Tamil Tiger rebels and the Sri Lankan state, erupted in 1983. The Tigers eventually had vast areas ...

If election result trends are to be believed, Anura Kumara Dissanayake is all set to replace incumbent President Ranil ...

Wickremensignhe’s main challengers — opposition leader Sajith Premadasa and parliamentarian Anura Dissanayake, a surprise top ...

Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake defeated opposition leader Sajith Premadasa and incumbent Ranil Wickremesinghe to ...

Dissanayake, 56, the leader of the Marxist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna party’s broader front National People’s Power (NPP), ...

Economic issues top the agenda as the island country of 22 million goes to the polls to elect its 10th president.

Anura Kumara Dissanayaka, the 55-year-old leader of the People's Liberation Front, won the presidency with 42.31 percent of ...

Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake has won Sri Lanka’s presidential election, according to data released by the ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Marxist lawmaker Dissanayake has won Sri Lanka's presidential election as voters reject old political guard.

Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake won Sri Lanka’s presidential election, according to data released by the Election ...