Cash-strapped Sri Lanka held presidential elections on Saturday, serving as a de facto referendum on the contentious ...

A Sri Lankan leftist politician who’s pledged to fight corruption in the crisis-hit economy took a convincing early lead as ...

If victorious, he will be Sri Lanka’s first Marxist head of state, which would eliminate the need for a second preference ...

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka imposed a night curfew across the country on Saturday (Sept 21), despite a peaceful presidential election ...

Officials are yet to release the final voting percentage. By 2 pm, more than 60 per cent of the 17 million eligible people ...

Sri Lanka's Marxist politician Anura Kumara Dissanayaka took an early lead in Saturday's presidential election during the counting of postal ballots, official results showed.

About 75 per cent of the eligible 17 million people in Sri Lanka cast their votes in Saturday's election..Anura Kumara ...

CASH-STRAPPED Sri Lanka voted for its next president in an effective referendum on an unpopular International Monetary Fund ...

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 ...