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

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

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), a formerly marginal communist party, has secured a stunning two-thirds majority in Sri ...

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

Sri Lanka's new Marxist-leaning President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's party secured a parliamentary majority, winning at least ...

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 ...

Sri Lankans were voting in snap parliamentary elections Thursday, with new leftist President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's party expected to secure a mandate to drive through economic reforms.

Sri Lanka — Sri Lankans are voting in a parliamentary election Thursday that is key for the country's new, Marxist-leaning ...

A failure to engage with Tamil demands for justice, accountability, and autonomy will ultimately prevent Dissanayake from ...

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 ...