Anura Kumara Dissanayake elected as Sri Lanka’s 10th president
Sri Lanka on Sunday elected Anura Kumara Dissanayake, a Marxist-leaning politician, as its new president, placing faith in his commitment to combat corruption and strengthen the country’s fragile economic recovery following its worst financial crisis in decades. Dissanayake, 55, who lacks the political family background of some of his competitors, led the presidential election from … Read more