Mr Dissanayake won about 53 per cent of a million votes counted so far in the election. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Dissanayake, 55, leads the National People's Power, a coalition of leftist political parties and groups backed by protesters ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake, the leader of the Marxist JVP’s broader front National People’s Power (NPP), has consolidated his lead to be declared the winner in just concluded Sri Lanka's crucial ...

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

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Amid police raids, arrests of party leaders and workers, and impositions of stringent conditions, the PTI staged a sizeable public rally at the Cattle Market Kahna on the outskirts of Lahore. The PTI ...

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Anura Kumara Dissanayake, leader of the National People's Power, is set to become Sri Lanka’s ninth executive president based ...

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

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

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