The NPP, headed by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, achieved a historic 2/3 majority in Parliament, marking the first time ...

The sweeping mandate gives leftist president Anura Kumara Dissanayake the legislative power to push through his plans to ...

Sri Lanka defaulted on $50 billion in external debt in 2022, pushing the populace towards an alternative candidate.

Sri Lankans have voted in a parliamentary election that's key for their new, Marxist-leaning president to consolidate his ...

The NPP won 107 seats, receiving almost 62 per cent or 6.8 million votes in Thursday’s election, putting them past the ...

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's promise to hold corrupt officials accountable has fueled his public support.

Counting of votes in the Sri Lankan snap elections is underway as the country’s President Anura Kumara Dissanayake seeks to ...

COLOMBO, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka will vote in a snap general election on Thursday, called by new President Anura Kumara ...

In the first major political test for President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's NPP, Sri Lanka on Thursday headed to elect a new ...

Sri Lanka's President and National People's Power (NPP) party leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake meets his party supporters ...

Dissanayake, a political outsider in a country dominated by family parties for decades, comfortably won the island’s ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s National People’s Power Party won at least 123 of the 225 seats in parliament, according to ...