The political background of Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who was sworn in as president of Sri Lanka on September 23rd after winning a run-off election, looks alarming. His party, the Janatha Vimukthi ...

In the late 1980s, Anura Kumara Dissanayake joined a Marxist-Leninist party that sought to assassinate Sri Lanka’s leaders and overthrow the government in an armed insurrection. On Sunday ...

By Mujib Mashal and Pamodi Waravita Reporting from Colombo and Galle, Sri Lanka Two of the front-runners in Sri Lanka’s presidential election were the sons of former presidents. A third ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake rode a wave of anger to power. But any Sri Lankan leader’s position is precarious today. Six wickets from Nishan Peiris lead Sri Lanka to a win by an innings and 154 ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake, whose party only holds three parliamentary seats, received 42 per cent of the vote in Sri Lanka on Saturday. Many Sri Lankan Australians feel hopeful that Mr Dissanayake ...

The Sri Lanka Development Update (SLDU) has two main aims. First, it reports on key developments over the past 12 months in Sri Lanka’s economy, places these in longer term and global contexts, and ...

Easter Sunday terrorist bombings: Leader of the Pivithuru Hela Urumaya and former MP Udaya Gammanpila yesterday said that an ultimatum... West Indies have been unhappy with the state of the pitches in ...

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Sept 24 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's newly elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has dissolved parliament to clear the way for a snap general election in the debt-ridden country, he said in a ...

Sri Lanka's cricket board on Monday named Sanath Jayasuriya as the national team's head coach until the end of the Twenty20 World Cup in 2026. Sri Lanka are building a robust all-round Twenty20 ...

Fixtures, results and scorecards from West Indies' limited-overs tour of Sri Lanka, featuring three ODIs and three Twenty20 internationals. Former captain Sanath Jayasuriya is appointed Sri Lanka ...

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