Sri Lanka’s new president called on Wednesday for restarting talks with the IMF “immediately” over a $2.9 billion bailout that threw a lifeline to his bankrupt country but imposed painful austerity.

As anticipated, Sri Lanka’s newly elected president, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, took decisive action on Tuesday, dissolving ...

Marxist politician Anura Dissanayake won Sri Lanka’s presidential election over the weekend, dealing a blow to a political ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake won election on promises to challenge IMF deal, cut taxes and crack down on corruption ...

SINGAPORE: President Tharman Shanmugaratnam and Prime Minister Lawrence Wong have written to Sri Lankan President Anura ...

The Korean Government yesterday affirmed its commitment to fully support the transparency agenda of Sri Lanka under the new ...

The Japanese Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Mizukoshi Hideaki, affirmed that the Japanese Government is committed to fully ...

Dissanayake leads the Marxist-leaning National People’s Power coalition and he appointed a colleague, Harini Amarasuriya, as ...

The repolarisation of Sri Lankan politics presents both opportunities and challenges. On one hand, it offers a chance for ...

Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Anura Kumara Dissanayake was born on 24 November 1968. His birthplace was Galewala in the Matale ...

The National Christian Council of Sri Lanka (NCCSL) has come forward to congratulate Sri Lanka’s new president Anura Kumara ...