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

Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake and opposition leader Sajith Premadasa headed to a run-off for Sri Lanka’s ...

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

In an unexpected turn of events, Sri Lanka polls, Elections Commission Chairman RLAM Ratnayake announced a second preference count. This decision came after early trends showed Anura Kumara ...

Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake was leading Sri Lanka’s presidential election after knocking out the incumbent ...

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

Marxist-leaning lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake is on path to becoming the next President of Sri Lanka, leading the other ...

Sri Lanka’s election will head to a run-off for the first time in its history after no candidate secured the necessary 50% of votes needed for an outright win. (Bloomberg) — Sri Lanka’s election will ...

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka Central Bank Governor Nandalal Weerasinghe said he saw no reason to resign from his post after ...

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

Sri Lanka's Marxist-leaning leader, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, grabbed a commanding early lead on Sunday in his bid to become ...

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