For the first time in the country's history, Sri Lanka's presidential election has gone into a second round of counting after no single candidate won the 50% plus one vote needed to be declared the winner.

The concern of the majority Sinhala-Buddhist voter is who can get the economy to rebound and rebuild the shattered political and administrative system of the country

Chennai: For the first time in the country’s history since Executive Presidency came into being, Sri Lankan Presidential elections on Sunday headed into another round of counting to calculate the second preference votes for two frontrunners -- Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Sajith Premadasa.