Anura Kumara Dissanayake, the Marxist-leaning leader, has taken a substantial early lead in Sri Lanka's presidential election ...

Sri Lanka's Marxist-leaning leader, Anura Kumara Dissanayake has grabbed a commanding early lead in his bid to become the ...

About 75 per cent of the eligible 17 million people in the Indian Ocean island nation cast their votes in Saturday's election ...

Cash-strapped Sri Lanka held presidential elections on Saturday, serving as a de facto referendum on the contentious ...

A Sri Lankan leftist politician who’s pledged to fight corruption in the crisis-hit economy took a convincing early lead as ...

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Sri Lanka's Marxist politician Anura Kumara Dissanayaka took an early lead in Saturday's presidential election during the counting of postal ballots, official results showed.