Sri Lankans handed Anura Kumara Dissanayake a thumping win in a snap general election, giving its new leftist president ...

By Uditha Jayasinghe and Sudipto Ganguly COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's leftist coalition ...

STORY: Sri Lankans have handed president Anura Kumara Dissanayake a strong win in a snap general election, giving him more ...

The party of Sri Lanka’s new Marxist-leaning President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has won a majority in parliament, according ...

With more than half the ballots in Thursday's parliamentary elections counted, Dissanayake's National People's Power (NPP) coalition party had taken an unassailable lead with 63 percent of votes, Elec ...

Sri Lanka's National People’s Power (NPP), led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, has gained a majority in parliament. The NPP won 123 out of 171 declared seats and is on track for an absolute ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka's new Marxist-leaning president wins over a two-thirds majority in parliamentary election.

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

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's leftist coalition won a landslide victory in snap legislative elections, ...

The win gives leftist president Anura Kumara Dissanayake greater legislative power to pursue policies to alleviate poverty ...