West Indies have been unhappy with the state of the pitches in Sri Lanka. After their 2-1 defeat in the... Warning for heavy rain, strong winds and rough seas issued by the Natural Hazards Early ...

Sri Lanka's cricket board on Monday named Sanath Jayasuriya as the national team's head coach until the end of the Twenty20 World Cup in 2026. Sri Lanka are building a robust all-round Twenty20 ...

Sri Lanka's new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake dissolved Parliament late Tuesday and called for parliamentary elections in less than three weeks in an effort to consolidate power after his ...

In the late 1980s, Anura Kumara Dissanayake joined a Marxist-Leninist party that sought to assassinate Sri Lanka’s leaders and overthrow the government in an armed insurrection. On Sunday ...

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's first leftist president was sworn ... supporters gathered outside the secretariat to celebrate, waving pictures of Dissanayaka and the national flag. Dissanayaka succeeds ...

Supporters of Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake cheer outside the president's office as he arrives to be sworn in as Sri Lanka’s president in Colombo [File: Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo ...

COLOMBO, Sept 19 (Reuters) - President Ranil Wickremesinghe is among the 38 candidates contesting Sri Lanka's presidential election on Saturday, a poll that is key to deciding the future of ...

Whether $5 or $50, every contribution counts. Sri Lanka’s new president Anura Kumara Dissanayake has named Harini Amarasuriya, a member of his National People’s Power (NPP) coalition ...

"We have to save our country," 22-year-old Dhruva tells Sky News, as he breaks into slogans with dozens of others supporting presidential candidate Anura Dissanayake. The atmosphere is charged on ...

By Mujib Mashal and Pamodi Waravita Reporting from Colombo and Galle, Sri Lanka Two of the front ... Ishara S.Kodikara/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images The alliance vowed to change the ...

Sri Lanka, Wednesday, Sep 18, 2024. (Photo: AP/Eranga Jayawardena) COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's Marxist president-elect Anura Kumara Dissanayake hails from a party behind two deadly insurrections ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake, whose party only holds three parliamentary seats, received 42 per cent of the vote in Sri Lanka on Saturday ... country's president in 2005. Photo shows Mahinda Rajapaksa ...