COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's Marxist-leaning leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake grabbed a commanding early lead on Sunday (Sep 22) in ...

For the first time in the country's history, Sri Lanka's presidential election has gone into a second round of counting after ...

Sri Lanka has gone to a second round of vote counting after none of the candidates met the 50 per cent plus one vote threshold required to win the presidency. President Ranil Wickremesinghe in a shock ...

Dissanayake, 55, leads the left-leaning coalition National People’s Power, an umbrella of civil society groups, professionals, Buddhist clergy and students.

Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake is leading Sri Lanka’s presidential election after knocking out the incumbent liberal President Ranil Wickremesinghe from the race. Officials on Sunday began ...

Marxist-leaning lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake leads early official results in Sri Lanka’s presidential election, according to tallies released on Sunday by the Election Commission, but he is still ...

Sri Lanka’s presidential election has gone into a second round of vote counting on Sunday for the first time in history as ...

The ongoing count in Saturday's poll showed Anura Kumara Dissanayaka on justover 40 percent with about half of all votes counted ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake, a Marxist-leaning candidate, is leading Sri Lanka's presidential election with 40% of the votes ...

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Dissanayake has garnered 42% of votes in Sri Lanka's election with opposition leader Premadasa at 32% and President ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake from the National People's Power leads Sri Lanka's presidential election with a significant margin, ...