Sri Lanka's main Marxist politician, Anura Kumara Dissanayaka, leads the presidential election, likely becoming the first ...

Dissanayake won about 53 per cent of the million votes counted so far in the election, Sri Lanka’s Election Commission data ...

The much maligned executive presidency was established by the United National Party (UNP) Govt of Junius Richard Jayawardene in 1978. JR’s nephew and incumbent president Ranil Wickremesinghe was ...

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

Both leading candidates in Sri Lanka's presidential election are promising to give land to the country’s hundreds of ...

Sri Lanka imposed a night curfew across the country Saturday despite a peaceful presidential election that is effectively a ...

Voting has ended Saturday in Sri Lanka’s presidential election as the country seeks to recover from the worst economic crisis ...

Women make up more than half of the voters in Sri Lanka, but not a single one will be on the ballot in Saturday’s ...

Voting ended in Sri Lanka's presidential election Saturday as the country seeks to recover from the worst economic crisis in ...

Cash-strapped Sri Lanka was voting for its next president on Saturday in an effective referendum on an unpopular ...

This is Sri Lanka’s 1st presidential election since its 2022 economic crisis. A 2nd round of counting is likely, a first in ...

Pathum Kerner, a 42-year-old physician who was among the first Sri Lankans to join the public uprising that ended President ...