Observers expect a multi-cornered contest in the general election, which may ultimately dent the chances of President Anura ...

Dissanayake leads a coalition known as the National People’s Power, or NPP-an alliance in which his party, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, or the People’s Liberation Front, is often characterized by its ...

COLOMBO — Sri Lanka’s 17.1 million voters head to the polls again on Thursday to vote in snap parliamentary elections, barely ...

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s Marxists Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP)-led ruling National People’s Power (NPP) is ...

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake won the presidential election on September 21 in a victory that marked a rejection of the ...

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake hopes to grab two-thirds of the legislature's 225 seats to press ahead with reforms after ...

Dissanayake’s victory in the September presidential election marked a historic achievement for the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), the founding party of the NPP, as it became the first electoral win ...

Sri Lankans are voting in snap parliamentary elections. President Dissanayake's National People's Power (NPP) party seeks a ...

Over 17.1 million voters in Sri Lanka are eligible to cast their votes to elect a 225-member parliament in the November 14 polls amid the sovereign defaulted nation’s partially completed debt ...

This enabled Anura to spearhead a commendable political renaissance of the JVP led NPP. As is well known , Anura Kumara Dissanayake finished first in the presidential election held on 24 September ...

"The result of the election is a foregone conclusion." The outgoing parliament was dominated by the party of former president ...

Sri Lanka's general election sees a shift in political landscape as voters choose representatives amid economic crisis ...