Anura Kumara Dissanayaka of the People's Liberation Front (JVP) will become Sri Lanka's president after winning the election by a significant margin. Dissanayaka, a self-professed Marxist has pledged ...

Self-avowed Marxist Anura Kumara Dissanayaka of the People's Liberation Front (JVP) took his oath at the colonial-era Presidential Secretariat in Colombo after trouncing his nearest rivals in ...

Married and with two children, Anura Kumara Dissanayaka has spent most of his political career outside of the mainstream President-elect Anura Kumara Dissanayaka took 42.31 percent of the ballots ...

Show more Show less Sri Lanka's president-elect Anura Kumara Dissanayaka was previously a fringe politician, whose party led two failed uprisings Self-avowed Marxist Anura Kumara Dissanayaka was ...

Cash-strapped Sri Lanka's main Marxist politician took a comfortable lead Sunday in a keenly fought presidential election that has turned into a referendum on an unpopular IMF bailout. Early ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayaka, the 55-year-old leader of the People's Liberation Front, won the presidency with 42.31 percent of the vote in Saturday's election, the commission said. Opposition leader ...

Self-avowed Marxist Anura Kumara Dissanayaka of the People's Liberation Front (JVP) took his oath at the colonial-era Presidential Secretariat in Colombo after trouncing his nearest rivals in ...

Sri Lanka's new President Anura Kumara Dissanayaka attending his swearing-in ceremony, in Colombo. Sri Lanka's first leftist president was sworn in to office on September 23 vowing to restore ...