Marxist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Sunday was declared winner of the Sri Lankan presidential election by country's Election Commission after an unprecedented second round of counting of votes.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Anura Kumara Dissanayake for his victory in the Sri Lankan presidential election. Dissanayake joined the JVP, the mother party of the NPP, in 1987 at the height of their anti-Indian rebellion.

Marxist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake was declared the winner of the Sri Lankan presidential election by the country's Election Commission after an unprecedented second round of counting of votes.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday congratulated Anura Kumara Dissanayake for his victory in the Sri Lankan presidential election.

Anura Kumara Dissanayake may lack the political lineage of some of his rivals, but his leftist anti-poverty policies and pledge to fight corruption handed him victory on Sunday in Sri Lanka's presidential election. Although his Janatha Vimukthi Peremuna (JVP) party has just three seats in parliament, the 55-year-old candidate was…

Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Sunday was declared winner of the Sri Lankan presidential election by the country's Election Commission.

Anura Kumara Dissanayake, the leader of the Marxist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna's (JVP) broader front National People's Power (NPP), on Sunday consolidated his lead in the Sri Lanka's presidential election.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe, Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa of Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) party and Namal Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) party cast their votes on...