epa11619536 Sri Lanka's President-elect Anura Kumara Dissanayake (C) waves to media after the announcement of his victory in the country's presidential election, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 22 ...
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Anura Kumara Dissanayake, a neo-Marxist outsider candidate, has won the Sri Lankan presidency, delivering ...
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Marxist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake was sworn in as Sri Lanka’s president on Monday after an election that saw voters reject an old guard accused of leading the ...
This victory belongs to all of us,” Mr Dissanayake said in a post on X. Mr Dissanayake’s victory represents a significant political shift in Sri Lanka. Born in 1968 in Galewela in central Sri ...
All this helps explain the victory of Anura Kumara Dissanayake, an outsider from a party with Marxist and insurgent roots, in a presidential election on September 21st. He easily beat Sajith ...