Also a key contender is the New Democratic Front, backed by previous President Ranil Wickremesinghe. A nation of 22 million ...

Despite earlier promises to renegotiate a $2.9 billion IMF bailout secured by his predecessor Ranil Wickremesinghe, he has ...

After him, Ranil Wickremesinghe as President managed to negotiate a bailout package worth SUD 2.9 billion with the International Monetary Fund. Meanwhile in this elections, apart from NPP, contestants ...

Sri Lankans are voting in a parliamentary election that is key for the country's new, Marxist-leaning president to ...

Since assuming office, Dissanayake has stayed on course with his predecessor Ranil Wickremesinghe’s International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout programme. The country is still in the process of ...

Sri Lankans are voting in a parliamentary election that could give President Anura Kumara Dissanayake the mandate to ...

Public frustration over former President Ranil Wickremesinghe government’s austerity measures, IMF-mandated reforms, and ...

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake hopes to grab two-thirds of the legislature's 225 seats to press ahead with reforms after ...

As many as 196 members are to be elected from the 22 districts based on the proportional representation system while 29 would ...

With Sri Lanka's economic recovery hanging in balance, President Dissanayake hopes voters give him a strong mandate for his ...

Sri Lankans on Thursday began voting in the snap parliamentary election, the first major test of the ruling National People’s Power party led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake. The voting is ...

Sri Lankans are voting in snap parliamentary elections. President Dissanayake's National People's Power (NPP) party seeks a ...