Dissanayake's anti-corruption, pro-poor pledges win him presidency Some investors concerned over how he will approach the economy Dissanayake pledges to dissolve parliament, seek fresh mandate ...

Sri Lanka's Marxist-Leaning Dissanayake Promises Change as His Popularity Soars By Sudipto Ganguly and Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) - Anura Kumara Dissanayake may lack the political lineage ...

A businessman Surendra Wasantha Perera alias Club Wasantha and another had been shot dead during the opening ceremony of the tattoo centre. The 24 year old suspect from Dharga town in Aluthgama ...

A frontrunner in the September 21 presidential vote, Dissanayake’s party, the JVP, twice fought violent battles to overthrow the very Sri Lankan state that he now wants to run. Anura Kumara ...

Popular Presidential candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s National People’s Power (NPP) is being accused of thriving on ...

Colombo, September 20 (Daily Mirror) - National Executive Committee member of the People’s Struggle Alliance, Wasantha Mudalige today filed a Fundamental Rights petition before the Supreme Court ...

The VAT that has been introduced for food, education and health will be removed, National People’s Power (NPP) Leader and Presidential ...

The election, contested by 38 candidates, was largely a three-way race among incumbent liberal President Ranil Wickremesinghe, Marxist-leaning lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake and opposition ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake may lack the political lineage of some of his rivals, but his leftist policies to help the poor and stirring speeches have made him a leading candidate in Sri Lanka's ...

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Anura Kumara Dissanayake may lack the political lineage of some of his rivals, but his leftist policies to help the poor and stirring speeches have made him a leading candidate ...