Heir apparent to the powerful Rajapaksa family in Sri Lanka enters critical elections after economy went into a tailspin ...

Sri Lanka’s economy, left in tatters by previous leaders, is the grim reminder on every person’s mind who votes in elections ...

Mahinda Rajapaksa, who dominated Sri Lankan politics ... the ex-minister told a Sinhala-language news conference, smiling. House of Cards in the Indian Ocean Fears of 'bloodbath' in Sri Lanka ...

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

For the first time ever, it could produce a winner who fails to gain a majority of votes. Either a victory or a narrow defeat of the leftist NPP’s candidate could stoke tensions. Should either the NPP ...

Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has resigned amid mass protests ... of Weeraketiya also opened fire on protesters at his house, killing two and wounding five others.

The economy will be the key issue for voters in Sri Lanka’s upcoming presidential election, set against a backdrop of ...

Sri Lanka will hold its first presidential vote since the spectacular economic meltdown of 2022, when the pandemic-scarred ...

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

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

Sri Lankans will elect a new president in the first election since mass protests sparked by the country's worst-ever economic ...

Polls have closed in Sri Lanka's election, where voters are choosing a new president for the first time since mass protests ...