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 ...
Voter turnout was about 65% at close of polling, the election commission said. Show Full Article The president, Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake, 55, was elected in September but his National ...
Sri Lanka is holding a parliamentary election key for new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to consolidate power. After winning a presidential election with 42% of votes, Dissanayake's party, NPP, ...