Sri Lankans elected Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake as new president on Sunday, putting faith in his pledge to fight corruption and bolster a fragile economic recovery following the South ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake's celebrates his vote. Tharaka Basnayaka/NurPhoto via Getty Images Anura Kumara Dissanayake leads both the National People’s Power alliance, or NPP, and the Janatha Vimukthi ...

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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake won Sri Lanka’s presidential election, the Election Commission announced Sunday, after voters rejected the old political guard that has ...