Wickremensignhe’s main challengers — opposition leader Sajith Premadasa and parliamentarian Anura Dissanayake, a surprise top ...

Exuberant young men splashing around in a pool with one theatrically soaping himself as a crowd cheered. Sri Lankans dancing ...

Two years after Sri Lanka’s economic collapse led to the ousting of the Rajapaksa family, Mahinda Rajapaksa speaks out ahead of the presidential election. He defends his son Namal’s candidacy while ...

Voters in Sri Lanka have to rank up to 3 candidates in order of preference. Candidate with 50% votes is declared winner; if ...

Economic crisis and the IMF austerity program are the major issues while terrorism and polarisation have taken a back seat ...

The man who is considered the heir apparent to the powerful Rajapaksa family in Sri Lanka will contest the presidential ...

Economic issues top the agenda as the island country of 22 million goes to the polls to elect its 10th president.

Wickremensignhe’s main challengers — opposition leader Sajith Premadasa and parliamentarian Anura Dissanayake, a surprise top ...

The voting will begin at over 13,000 polling stations in 22 electoral districts across Sri Lanka at 7 am and end at 4 pm.

Sri Lanka, which continues to grapple with an economic crisis, is voting on Saturday to elect a new president. Unlike ...

COLOMBO - Anura Kumara Dissanayake may lack the political lineage of some of his rivals, but his leftist policies to help the ...

Protesters who toppled the Rajapksa government in 2022 are hoping for change in Saturday’s election – but two of the top candidates are closely linked to the establishment. Alisha Rahaman Sarkar repor ...