Incumbent President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who succeeded Rajapaksa, is seeking re-election. He faces challengers Anura Kumara Dissanayake from the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) and Sajith Premadasa ...

Tamils form 12% of the country's 22 million population, but have long been electorally sidelined, as most candidates belong ...

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

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 ...

Sri Lanka's President Ranil Wickremesinghe did not scrap his re-election campaign days before the bankrupt nation voted in ...

The 2022 economic crash drove inflation to 70%, power tariffs jumped 65% and the currency depreciated 45%. Inflation and ...

Sri Lanka, a country with its fair share of socio-economic challenges, has found hope in grassroots movements like the ...

The political landscape in Sri Lanka is set to change as its citizens elect a new President on Saturday. Sri Lanka's 17 ...

It was under these dire circumstances that Ranil Wickremesinghe took over the reins of power first as Prime Minister and next as President. He stepped in only after the leader of the opposition ...

By M M Zuhair, former MP With only a few days more for the Presidential election due on 21/9, the matters that the Muslims of ...

Statistically Muslims constitute only 9.3% of the national population. They are a close second to the Sri Lankan Tamil ...