The Latest Breaking News from Anura Kumara Dissanayake

Sri Lanka's painful austerity measures were "bearing fruit" and must be sustained, the International Monetary Fund said Friday as the country's new president sought changes to its $2.9 billion bailout.

Sri Lanka's new president Thursday urged the IMF to consider "alternative means" to continue with a $2.9 billion bailout that aided his country in the wake of a sovereign default but imposed painful austerity.

September 21 was a day of many firsts in Sri Lanka. Millions of people went to the polls to vote in the first presidential elections since mass protests forced the country’s last elected president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, from office in 2022.

Days after Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s swearing-in as president of Sri Lanka, media reports claim that India’s external affairs minister will visit Colombo later this week. This visit has not been officially confirmed by Delhi. 

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

Anura Kumara Dissanayake's presidency in Sri Lanka faces challenges in balancing relations with India and China while addressing domestic issues and econom...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s call for unity amid ethnic divisions and pro-people economic reforms resonate on the island.

The Marxist lawmaker who won Sri Lanka’s presidency faces a key challenge in how to balance ties with his country’s two most crucial partners, India and China, as he seeks to draw foreign investment and pull the economy out of the doldrums

Anura Kumara Dissanayake has dissolved Sri Lanka's parliament and called for an election on 14 November. The country's new leader, fresh off a weekend presidential victory, hopes this election will consolidate his power.

Sri Lanka has sworn in 55-year-old leftist politician Anura Kumara Dissanayake as its new president. There was no clear winner after the first round of votes from Saturday’s election had been counted. But Dissanayake, who is commonly known by his initials AKD, emerged victorious after a count of the second-choice…

Sri Lankans voted for a new direction in leadership on Sept. 22, 2024, electing a leftist anti-poverty campaigner as president of the South Asian nation.