Sri Lankans began voting on Thursday in a snap election to decide if the Indian Ocean island will give its new leftist ...

The NPP’s main opponents are the Samagi Jana Balawegaya, led by Sajith Premadasa, and the New Democratic Front, supported by ...

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

Sri Lankans voted in a snap parliamentary election, testing the popularity of the ruling National People's Power party under ...

His successor Ranil Wickremesinghe managed to negotiate a bailout package worth $3bn with the International Monetary Fund - ...

Former president Ranil Wickremesinghe isn’t contesting the election, but is supporting the New Democratic Front. A flurry of new independent parties are also in contention. Polls open at 7 a.m. local ...

Sri Lankans are voting in a parliamentary election that's key for their new, Marxist-leaning president to consolidate his ...

Sri Lanka holds a snap election on Thursday which will determine if the South Asian island nation wants to empower its new, ...

Here is why the upcoming parliamentary election is so significant for newly-elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.

The other key contender is the New Democratic Front, backed by previous President Ranil Wickremesinghe. "All arrangements are ...

This enabled Anura to spearhead a commendable political renaissance of the JVP led NPP. As is well known , Anura Kumara Dissanayake finished first in the presidential election held on 24 September ...

Voting closes at 4:00 pm (1030 GMT). Despite previous promises to renegotiate a controversial $2.9 billion International ...