President Aruna Kumara Dissanayake, who was elected as President in September, is seeking a majority so that most of the policies of his Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna can get parliamentary approval ...

This snap election, called by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, comes at a critical time for Sri Lanka, which is still ...

With Dissanayake's win, Mushtaq said ... Namal Rajapaksa, son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, “decided not to contest ...

In Sri Lanka, Ginsburg and Huq pointed out, democracy was imperiled by the rise of Mahinda Rajapaksa, who won the presidency ...

Colombo: Sri Lanka is set to hold its parliamentary election on Thursday with all arrangements in place to ensure a fair and ...

Wickremesinghe, who lost to Dissanayake in last month’s presidential election, is not contesting the parliamentary election for the first time since 1977. The Rajapaksa brothers – Mahinda, Gotabaya, ...

Sri Lanka is set to hold its parliamentary election on Thursday with all arrangements in place to ensure a fair and ...

By the same token many harboured doubts over a Dissanayake presidency ... to have served continuously under three Presidents, ...

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake (AKD), having raised expectations about ... is widely believed to have backed Mahinda ...

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

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is looking to consolidate his party’s power in Thursday’s parliamentary ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s victory at the presidential election of 21 Sept. was greeted with enthusiasm by a large segment of ...