JAFFNA: Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who addressed his first public meeting in Jaffna since coming to ...

The names of JVP stalwarts such as K.D. Lalkantha, Tilvin Silva, Vijitha Herath, Sunil Handunneththi, Bimal Ratnayake and Anura Kumara Dissanayake were bandied about as potential successors.

In the history of the JVP, Dissanayake has played a particular role in its jettisoning of socialistic demagogy and ...

Sri Lanka’s President Anura Kumara ... rally in Tamil-majority areas since becoming president in September. Acknowledging ...

The highlight of that convention was the change of leadership in the JVP. Somawansa Amerasinghe who held the reins for 24 years stepped down . Anura Kumara Dissanayake known popularly as Anura and ...

The EPDP has denied the NPP’s claim that its leader Douglas Devananda sought a ministerial portfolio in a future NPP ...

Dissanayake’s indication that he would not pay the proposed salary hike is a clear signal to the IMF that his regime abides ...

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake pledges to return Tamil lands, hold elections, and address key concerns in Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka's Marxist president-elect Anura Kumara Dissanayaka hails from a party ... The president-elect and his People's ...

A man at the rally was heard shouting eggs are expensive. Mr. Wickremesinghe who was speaking at that time said in a lighter ...

Political propaganda is double-edged. Hence the need to handle it carefully lest it should backfire. One may recall that ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Marxist politician Anura Dissanayake won Sri Lanka ... the student wing of the JVP, which had already staged one armed insurrection in 1971 before giving up arms ...