Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake will appoint a new Prime Minister and Cabinet on Monday after his National People’s Power secured a record-breaking victory in the snap general election.

To date, no single entity, whether global or otherwise, has extended funds and facilities to Sri Lanka the way India has done ...

Provided by Xinhua Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake (L, front) leaves a polling station after casting his vote ...

President Dissanayake’s party has won a two-thirds majority in parliament, including among Tamils and Muslims.

The working class will rapidly come into conflict with the JVP/NPP government, which while posturing as anti-establishment, ...

Dissanayake's NPP won nearly 62 percent of the vote in Thursday's election. This showed a clear hike from the 42 percent he ...

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

Landslide win for Sri Lanka’s leftist coalition in snap general elections Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s ...

Concurrently, Sri Lanka's political landscape brought optimism, bolstering Sri Lankan bonds due to President Anura Kumara ...

Sri Lankans voted in a parliamentary election Thursday that is key for the country's new, Marxist-leaning president to ...

The National People`s Power (NPP), led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, clinched a historic victory in the Sri Lankan parliamentary elections on Friday, securing a two-thirds majority and ...

Asian currencies found some support on Friday after a volatile past few sessions, with the Singapore dollar and Thai baht ...