Caught between domestic desperation and the manacles of foreign debt, Sri Lanka’s Marxist leader and newly elected president ...

A fortnight later, when the votes were counted, Anura won a clear mandate, beating key challengers like Sajith Premadasa of ...

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

NPP’s winning candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake (AKD) having secured 105 electoral wins from the 160 electorates in the country’s presidential election, has snatched a 2/3rd majority of the ...

"She had something in her personality. She was surely among the toppers, but didn't limit herself to academics," says Achla ...

The Commissioner General of Elections, Saman Sri Ratnayake has said that President Anura Kumara Dissanayake signed the relevant document authorising the release of Rs. 11 billion needed for conducting ...

“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 ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake's (AKD) victory on 21 September as the candidate of the centre-left National People's Power (NPP) ...

The new President has held detailed discussions with the Central Bank governor and his team, opting not to reshuffle them.

The National People’s Power (NPP) government led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is to abandon initial plans by the ...

Sri Lanka is at a historic juncture. Faced with its worst economic crisis since the Great Depression and having defaulted on ...

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 ...