Dissanayake has secured 56% of the votes, while his main opponents Sajith Premadasa and current President Ranil ...

Sri Lanka's Marxist-leaning leader, Anura Kumara Dissanayake has grabbed a commanding early lead in his bid to become the ...

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

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, US President Joe Biden, Prime Minister of Australia, Anthony Albanese, and Japan Prime Minister ...

Polls will soon close in Sri Lanka in the first presidential election since the country was in the grip of a potential ...

The much maligned executive presidency was established by the United National Party (UNP) Govt of Junius Richard Jayawardene in 1978. JR’s nephew and incumbent president Ranil Wickremesinghe was ...

About 75 per cent of the eligible 17 million people in the Indian Ocean island nation cast their votes in Saturday's election ...

The following interesting points have been made by an anonymous source in the bowels of the foreign ministry in the context of the high level meetings of the UN General Assembly beginning on Sept. 24.

Armed forces to supplement police if required By Norman Palihawadane The 54,000-strong police force deployed nationwide, ...

Officials are yet to release the final voting percentage. By 2 pm, more than 60 per cent of the 17 million eligible people ...

CASH-STRAPPED Sri Lanka voted for its next president in an effective referendum on an unpopular International Monetary Fund ...

Sri Lanka's Marxist politician Anura Kumara Dissanayaka took an early lead in Saturday's presidential election during the counting of postal ballots, official results showed.