Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake and opposition leader Sajith Premadasa headed to a run-off for Sri Lanka's ...

For the first time in the country's history, Sri Lanka's presidential election has gone into a second round of counting after ...

Sri Lanka's presidential election goes into 2nd round of vote counting for 1st time in history. Incumbent is eliminated ...

The latest results showed Anura Kumara Dissanayake of the Marxist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna party's broader front National People’s Power (NPP) had won 39.52 per cent of the votes counted.

New Zealand spinner Ajaz Patel claimed 6/90 versus Sri Lanka in the third innings of the first Test being held at Galle ...

Dissanayake, 55, leads the left-leaning coalition National People’s Power, an umbrella of civil society groups, professionals, Buddhist clergy and students.

The Marxist has campaigned on a pro-working class and anti-elite platform, which has proven popular with young people.

In an unexpected turn of events, Sri Lanka polls, Elections Commission Chairman RLAM Ratnayake announced a second preference count. This decision came after early trends showed Anura Kumara ...

The National People's Power leader is on track to become the country's next president, after winning about 53 per cent of a million votes counted so far in the election. The National People's Power ...

Polls closed in Sri Lanka's first election since the economic collapse, and the counting of votes is underway. Millions of ...

Ravi Ashwin hit a hundred and then took a five-for in the Chennai test. Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin once again ...