Sri Lanka’s new Marxist-leaning president has sworn in a 22-member Cabinet after his party secured a two-thirds parliamentary ...

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is looking to consolidate his party’s power in Thursday’s parliamentary ...

Sri Lanka votes in a snap general election on Thursday, called by new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to secure a majority ...

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Monday appointed a 21-member Cabinet in the new NPP government, keeping with ...

While analysts welcome the increase, they caution that more women in politics alone won’t challenge patriarchal norms and ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP ... in the interim government after Dissanayake won the presidential election and that made her the first woman to head the national government in 24 years.

Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s coalition has secured a decisive victory in Sri Lanka’s snap general election, giving its new leftist president greater legislative powers to pursue policies to ...

Sri Lanka’s 22-member Cabinet marks a shift from bloated ministries; record women MPs enter parliament on merit; opposition ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP ... first appointed in September after Dissanayake won the presidential election and that made her the first woman to head the government in 24 years.

Major drives aimed at bringing the corrupt to justice, restoring public trust in the rule of law, and establishing a clean Sri Lanka Just after their resounding success at the parliamentary elections, ...