The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), now in power as the National People’s Power (NPP), has evolved, and the distinction ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake rode a wave of anger to power. But any Sri Lankan leader’s position is precarious today.

Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s victory in the presidential election signals the people’s desire for systemic change. While his ...

Far from simply balancing between the major powers, Dissanayake and the JVP/NPP have made abundantly clear that his ...

The rapacious Sri Lankan elites see the IMF’s harsh austerity demands as encouraging greater foreign direct investment and ...

The main reason for worrying about Mr Dissanayake is not that he is a zealot. It is that he has little experience in ...

New Delhi will be watching how Dissanayake and his party’s close ties with China impact the regional power balance ...

On September 22, 2024, the Sri Lankan election authority announced that Anura Kumara Dissanayake of the Janatha Vimukthi ...

Under normal circumstances, the victory of Anura Kumara Dissanayake in Sri Lanka’s presidential election would have been ...

The Marxist lawmaker who won Sri Lanka’s presidency faces a key challenge in how to balance ties with his country’s two most ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake was sworn in as Sri Lanka's ninth president, promising to bolster the economy and fight corruption.

Anura Kumara Dissanayake, leader of the Marxist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, was declared the winner of the Sri Lankan ...