COLOMBO: The party of Sri Lanka’s new Marxist-leaning President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has won a majority in parliament, ...

Mr Dissanayake was elected president in September in a rejection of traditional political parties that have governed the island nation.

In a major surprise and a big shift in the country's electoral landscape, his party won the Jaffna district, the heartland of ...

As Sri Lanka heads to the polling booths today to make a significant decision on whether to cement the "new era of politics" ...