This snap election, called by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, comes at a critical time for Sri Lanka, which is still ...

President Aruna Kumara Dissanayake, who was elected as President in September, is seeking a majority so that most of the policies of his Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna can get parliamentary approval ...

Colombo: Sri Lanka is set to hold its parliamentary election on Thursday with all arrangements in place to ensure a fair and ...

Colombo, Nov 13 (PTI) Sri Lanka is set to hold on Thursday its snap parliamentary ... is not contesting the parliamentary election for the first time since 1977. The Rajapaksa brothers – Mahinda, ...

Sri Lanka votes to elect a new parliament this week in a snap general election called by its Marxist-leaning president who ...

Namal Rajapaksa, son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, “decided not to contest the ... Rajapaksa stepped down and fled ...

The snap parliamentary elections were called by President Dissanayake after he won polls in September on a promise to combat ...

Former Chief Minister of the Eastern Province Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan alias Pilleyan has been summoned to the Criminal ...

I have always been struck by two distinct moments in history. First, in June 1865, during the tenure of President Abraham ...

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake recently accused certain media institutions of propagating fake news. His grouse was over ...

Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) leader Sajith Premadasa (SP), independent candidate Ranil Wickremesinghe (RW) and Sri Lanka ...