Sri Lanka has its first Communist president in 56-year-old Anura Kumar Dissanayake - a historic verdict after a second round of counting, another first in the island's presidential election history.

Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake leads early official results in Sri Lanka's presidential election, according to ...

Dissanayake pledged to change the island's "corrupt" political culture. The nation's battered economy took centre stage ...

In a historic first, Sri Lanka's presidential election on Sunday went into a second round of counting after no candidate ...

Sri Lanka elected Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake as its new president on Sunday, putting faith in the 55-year-old's ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Marxist lawmaker Anura Dissanayake claims victory in Sri Lanka's presidential election.

Marxist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayaka on Sunday won the presidential election in Sri Lanka defeating incumbent Ranil ...

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

Anura Kumara Dissanayake has been elected as Sri Lanka's new president, becoming the first Marxist leader in the country's ...

Sri Lanka's presidential election has progressed to a second round of counting for the first time, as no candidate reached ...

Sri Lankan authorities begin a second round of vote counting to determine the next president. Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara ...