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

Its all-powerful Rajapaksa family were hounded out of power. President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa fled the country while PM Mahinda ...

Mr. Wickremesinghe, 75, a six-time former prime minister, is a political survivor. His elevation to the presidency in 2022, ...

Sri Lankan politics was largely dominated by one family since 2005. However, this seems to have changed after the economic and national crisis of 2022 and in the current presidential election, there ...

COLOMBO: In the first election to be held after the unprecedented economic collapse in 2022 and the people’s protest movement, Aragalaya, Sri Lankans will on Sa ...

Sri Lankans will vote on Saturday (today) to elect the South Asian nation's 10th president in the first election since ...

Sri Lankans are voting for a new president in the first election since mass protests sparked by the country's worst-ever ...

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 ...

Sri Lanka’s ninth Presidential election, which is slated for September 21, is being held under strange circumstances for more ...

Polls show no clear winner unless there is a last minute surge for a candidate ahead of election day. Stability is paramount ...