Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s strong showing reveals voter weariness with leadership that has led to a national economic crisis ...

Sri Lanka's Marxist-leaning leader, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, grabbed a commanding early lead on Sunday in his bid to become ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake leads early official results in Sri Lanka’s presidential ...

A previously fringe Marxist politician was on course Sunday to become Sri Lanka's next leader after a presidential vote ...

Two years ago, tens of thousands of Sri Lankans rose up against their president and forced him to flee the country ...

Sri Lankans voted on Saturday in an election to pick a president who will face the task of bolstering the country's fragile ...

Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake and opposition leader Sajith Premadasa headed to a run-off for Sri Lanka's ...

COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lanka's Marxist-leaning leader, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, grabbed a commanding early lead on Sunday in ...

Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake was leading Sri Lanka’s presidential election after knocking out the incumbent liberal President Ranil Wickremesinghe from the ...

Sri Lanka heads for an unprecedented three-way presidential vote today. Analysts say a Maoist candidate may win amid a popular desire for change after a former president's ouster.

For the first time since the crisis that erupted two years ago, the people of Sri Lanka had the opportunity to elect their leaders. The people of the country are voting to elect their leaders on ...

They have improved key economic figures, but their effects have yet ... flee the country and later resign. Sri Lanka's parliament elected Wickremesinghe as president to cover Rajapaksa’s ...