Far from simply balancing between the major powers, Dissanayake and the JVP/NPP have made abundantly clear that his ...

“We should see beyond the immediate horizon and buy into future changes,” wrote Dr Ishrat Husain in his recent position paper for The Centre for Governance and Research. “Concerns, criticism and ...

A team from the International Monetary Fund will visit Sri Lanka this week and also meet President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, ...

The Freedom Party got nearly 30 percent of the national vote, but mainstream parties have vowed to join in a coalition ...

The addition of Gideon Saar to Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition strengthens the prime minister’s political position.

Sri Lankans have elected Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake as president, putting their faith in his commitment to fight corruption and stabilize the economy. Dissanayake's victory comes after ...

The Marxist lawmaker who won Sri Lanka’s presidency faces a key challenge in how to balance ties with his country’s two most ...

Sri Lanka’s new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has dissolved parliament and called for a parliamentary election in an ...

Young Anura Dissanayake grew up amid lush paddy fields, ancient irrigation tanks and vegetable plots. Though a typical, happy ...

As is well known Sirimavo and Chandrika were the wife and daughter of formr Prime Minister Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike (SWRDB) respectively. Prime Minister Bandaranaike was killed in 1959.

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake says he will do his utmost to uncover the truth on the 2019 Easter Sunday bomb attacks ...

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake appointed Senior Deputy Inspector General Priyantha Weerasuriya as the acting police chief, replacing Deshabandu Tennakoon, who was suspended by the ...