According to the Election Commission results, Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s National People’s Power Party has won at least 123 ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s National People’s Power Party won at least 123 of the 225 seats in parliament, according to ...

The party of Sri Lanka’s new Marxist-leaning President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has won a majority in parliament, according ...

Sri Lanka began voting in a snap election on Thursday which will determine if the island nation wants to empower its new, leftist President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to push his pro-poor policies as it ...

Voting rights would allow overseas Sri Lankan workers a voice in economic policies that impact their remittances and financial interests back home, the Institute of Policy Studies has said.

By Dr Bilesha Weeraratne The recent presidential election in Sri Lanka marked a series of “firsts,” setting it apart from ...

Dr Bilesha Weeraratne is a Research Fellow and Head of Migration and Urbanisation Research at IPS. Prior to re-joining IPS in ...

President Dissanayake is asking the people to give NPP a mandate to form of a strong government to fulfil the promises made at the presidential election. It has been the political trend till now that ...

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka has generally seen anti-Indian sentiment rise close to its elections, but this has been notably ...

COLOMBO (Xinhua): Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Friday sought ... during a meeting with Myanmar's Ambassador to Sri Lanka Malar Than Htaik at the Presidential Secretariat ...

While Sri Lanka continues to voice concern over Israel ... Foreign Minister in the newly elected government of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said: “The humanitarian situation in Gaza ...

Less than two months after Sri Lankans elected a new president, they are set to vote in parliamentary elections on November 14. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s National People’s Power ...