The Central Bank of Sri Lanka, which has sole authority to print currency in the island nation, told AFP it had not released ...

In the history of the JVP, Dissanayake has played a particular role in its jettisoning of socialistic demagogy and ...

Forced into exile 25 years ago and compelled to stay away in order to stay alive, journalist D.B.S. Jeyaraj always dreamt of returning to Sri Lanka. That flame of hope flickered occasionally, as the ...

UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday said that he was a former president without a majority and Anura Kumara Dissanayake was an incumbent president without a majority. Addressing a political ...

The names of JVP stalwarts such as K.D. Lalkantha, Tilvin Silva, Vijitha Herath, Sunil Handunneththi, Bimal Ratnayake and Anura Kumara Dissanayake were bandied about as potential successors.

Anura Kumara Dissanayake known popularly as Anura and AKD became the new JVP leader What was remarkable about the leadership change was the smooth , non-confrontational manner in which it was done ...

COLOMBO, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Friday sought Myanmar's assistance in securing the release of Sri Lankans detained by criminal gangs in Myanmar ...

In a historic election, Sri Lankans have chosen Anura Kumara Dissanayake, a Marxist-Leninist politician, to lead their crisis-hit country. While it is not very usual for political paradigm shifts ...

MANDYA: Union Minister for Steel and Heavy Industries HD Kumaraswamy expressed confidence that he would become the chief minister of Karnataka once again as the present Congress government will ...

A 2023 report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) attributes the South Asian country's ongoing crisis to widespread corruption and fiscal mismanagement, underscoring the urgent need for President ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Sri Lanka’s newly elected president, has fervently urged his party’s candidates for the country’s Nov. 14 national parliamentary election to work for a “strong ...