Anura Kumara Dissanayake, once part of a Marxist-Leninist party, has been elected as Sri Lanka's president. His victory signifies a shift f...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake, leader of Sri Lanka’s National People’s Power (NPP) coalition, has been elected president following the first ele...

Anura Kumara Dissanayaka, a self-declared Marxist and leader of Sri Lanka's People's Liberation Front (JVP), has been elected as the countr...

Sri Lanka People's Party (SLPP), led by prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, has won in 145 constituencies, bagging a total of 150 seats with ...

Rajapaksa will contest parliamentary elections as a member of the ruling UPFA coalition of Sirisena whose poll victory had ended his own ru...

Rajapaksa will contest parliamentary elections as a member of the ruling UPFA coalition of Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena.

JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissayanake told reporters that Sirisena indicated to him the move to dissolve the parliament if he is unable to re...

"With effect from today I will be handing over the leadership to President Maithripala Sirisena", Rajapaksa said in a statement.

After winning the election, Sirisena claimed the party leadership even as Rajapaksa's loyalists initially refused to back him, threatening ...

Sirisena had received overwhelming support from Tamil and Muslim minorities in his victory over the formidable Mahinda Rajapaksa, the forme...

India will tell Lanka that it has definite interest in helping.