Dissanayaka succeeds outgoing president Ranil Wickremesinghe

Self-avowed Marxist Anura Kumara Dissanayaka of the People's Liberation Front took his oath at the colonial-era Presidential Secretariat in Colombo

Sri Lankans elected Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake as new president on Sunday, putting faith in his pledge to fight corruption and bolster a fragile economic recovery following the South Asian nation's worst financial crisis in decades.

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Dissanayaka made a public declaration in 2014 that his party would ‘never again’ take up arms.

Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake has won Sri Lanka’s presidential election as voters rejected the old political guard that has been widely accused of pushing the nation toward economic ruin.

Anura Kumara Dissanayake polled 42.3 percent of the votes - a massive boost to the 3 percent he managed in the last presidential election in 2019.

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's Marxist president-elect Anura Kumara Dissanayaka hails from a party behind two deadly insurrections, counts Che Guevara among his heroes and will now helm a

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's Marxist president-elect Anura Kumara Dissanayaka hails from a party behind two deadly insurrections, counts Che Guevara among his heroes and will now helm a

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's leftist president-elect on Sunday (Sep 22) invited his compatriots to help him "rewrite" history in the cash-strapped island nation after winning a vote coloured by

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's leftist president-elect on Sunday (Sep 22) invited his compatriots to help him "rewrite" history in the cash-strapped island nation after winning a vote coloured by

Marxist Anura Kumara Dissanayake has campaigned on a pro-working class and anti-elite platform, which has proven popular with young people.

Dissanayake, whose pro-working class and anti-political elite campaigning made him popular among youth, secured victory over opposition leader Sajith Premadasa and incumbent liberal President Ranil Wickremesinghe

Sri Lanka's Marxist-leaning leader, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, won the presidential election for the debt-ridden island nation, local TV said on Sunday, citing Election Commission figures.

Sri Lanka elected left-leaning leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake as its new president on Sunday. He defeated incumbent President Ranil Wickremesinghe and opposition leader Sajith Premadasa to become Sri Lanka's 10th president.

The newly-elected president signals a pivot away from the unpopular old political order.

Sri Lanka's Marxist president-elect invited his compatriots to help him "rewrite" history in the cash-strapped island nation after winning a vote coloured by discontent over an unprecedented financial crisis.

Sri Lanka: Amid strong voter turnout in the ongoing 2024 Sri Lankan presidential election, early results show that Anura Kumara Dissanayake, leader of the

The voting began at 7.00 am with over 17 million citizens eligible to vote. This is the first Presidential election in the country since the country's 2022 economic meltdown.

Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake defeated opposition leader Sajith Premadasa and incumbent Ranil Wickremesinghe to become Sri Lanka’s next president on Sunday, according to the country's election…

COLOMBO: Polls closed in heavily indebted Sri Lanka's presidential election as millions of islanders cast their votes on Saturday to select a leader who will face the task of bolstering the South...

Colombo: More than 17 million of Sri Lanka’s 22 million people are casting their votes today (Saturday) to select the country’s President, who will face the challenge of bolstering its fragile economy. Sri Lanka had faced its worst financial crisis in decades in 2022 after a severe shortage of dollars. The economic collapse is one […]

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka elects Marxist-opinionated Anura Kumara Dissanayake as its new president on Sunday, putting faith in the political figure's pledge that he will fight corruption and bolster a...

There are 17 million eligible voters, with final results expected on Sunday.

Voting ended in Sri Lanka's presidential election Saturday as the country seeks to recover from the worst economic crisis in its history and the resulting political upheaval.

Voting ended in Sri Lanka's presidential election Saturday as the country seeks to recover from the worst economic crisis in its history and the resulting political upheaval.

Sri Lankans Vote for New President Amid Economic Crisis