Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe said that enthusiasm for the general elections was visibly low, which could create ...

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's promise to hold corrupt officials accountable has fueled his public support.

Sri Lankans have voted in a parliamentary election that's key for their new, Marxist-leaning president to consolidate his ...

In the past four years, the share of people living below the poverty line in Sri Lanka has risen to 25.9 per cent. The World ...

Sri Lanka holds a snap election on Thursday which will determine if the South Asian island nation wants to empower its new, ...

After him, Ranil Wickremesinghe as President managed to negotiate a bailout package worth SUD 2.9 billion with the ...

People in Sri Lanka are voting in snap parliamentary elections, barely seven weeks after choosing a new president. More than ...

Sri Lankans began voting on Thursday in a snap general election to decide if the Indian Ocean island nation will give its new ...

Voting closes at 4:00 pm (1030 GMT). Despite previous promises to renegotiate a controversial $2.9 billion International ...

Sri Lankans voted in a snap parliamentary election, testing the popularity of the ruling National People's Power party under ...

Former president Ranil Wickremesinghe isn’t contesting the election, but is supporting the New Democratic Front. A flurry of new independent parties are also in contention. Polls opened at 7 a.m.