Sri Lanka holds its first parliamentary elections since the victory of its outsider leftist president, in a test of his ambitious pledges to combat corruption and rewrite an unpopular International ...

In the past four years, the share of people living below the poverty line in Sri Lanka has risen to 25.9 per cent. The World ...

Sri Lanka's snap general election could expand President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's legislative power amid economic recovery ...

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

The president, Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake, 55, was elected in September but his National People's Power (NPP) ...

A record 690 political parties and independent groups are in the fray across 22 electoral districts; results set for Friday ...

“I think we are seeing the first signs of a positive political change in Sri Lanka after the president was elected and we should give him the chance to continue that change,” said Umeshi Perera, 32, ...

Voting for the snap parliamentary election drew to a close at 4 pm local time on Thursday in a largely peaceful manner across Sri Lanka. Counting would commence immediately after all ballot boxes are ...

Sri Lanka's snap parliamentary election concluded peacefully, with initial results expected after midnight. Voter turnout was ...

People across Sri Lanka went to the polls on Thursday to cast ballots in the country's parliamentary election. The vote comes ...

COLOMBO - Sri Lanka’s new president Anura Kumara Dissanayake was confident of a victory as polls closed in snap legislative ...

Colombo: Voting for the 2024 Parliamentary Election in Sri Lanka took place on Thursday. The counting of votes began ...