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

But his tax hikes and other measures, imposed under the terms of a US$2.9 billion (S$3.74 billion) IMF bailout, have left millions struggling to make ends meet. “The country has been through a lot,” ...

Sri Lankans cast their votes in a pivotal presidential election aimed at bolstering the country's fragile economic recovery. The tight race includes candidates President Ranil Wickremesinghe, ...

The current leader faces an uphill battle to convince Sri Lankans his economic recovery plan is working and he deserves a ...

They are the outgoing president Ranil Wickremesinghe, opposition leader Sajith Premadasa and Anura Kumara Dissanayake, head ...

South Sudan has restricted cash withdrawals by individuals and public and private sector entities in a push to promote ...

Voting has ended Saturday in Sri Lanka's presidential election as the country seeks to recover from the worst economic crisis ...

Voting has ended Saturday in Sri Lanka's presidential election as the country seeks to recover from the worst economic crisis ...

More than 17 million of Sri Lanka's 22 million people are eligible to vote at the presidential election that has shaped up to ...

Emerging-market currencies oscillated between gains and losses as the risk-on sentiment following the Federal Reserve’s half-point rate cut faltered.

Millions of Sri Lankans are casting their votes on Saturday in the crucial presidential election — the island nation’s first ...