There are 8,821 candidates vying for the 196 seats for elected members of Parliament. Sajith Premadasa, who came in second in ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankans are voting in a parliamentary election Thursday that is key for the country's new, ...

Sri Lankans began voting on Thursday in a snap general election to decide if the Indian Ocean island nation will give its new ...

Dissanayake aims to push anti-poverty policies and adjust IMF program targets, while opposition leader Sajith Premadasa ...

Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa, who had campaigned to take part in a coalition government, vowed in his final campaign ...

With Sri Lanka's economic recovery hanging in balance, President Dissanayake hopes voters give him a strong mandate for his ...

Sri Lankans are voting in a parliamentary election that could give President Anura Kumara Dissanayake the mandate to implement his reform agenda as the country seeks to recover from a crippling ...

Sri Lanka began voting in a snap election on Thursday which will determine if the island nation wants to empower its new, ...

The election impacts policies shaped by the IMF bailout. Key contenders include opposition leader Sajith Premadasa and former ...

The NPP’s main opponents are the Samagi Jana Balawegaya, led by Sajith Premadasa, and the New Democratic Front, supported by ...

This enabled Anura to spearhead a commendable political renaissance of the JVP led NPP. As is well known , Anura Kumara Dissanayake finished first in the presidential election held on 24 September ...

The Biden administration gave Israel 30 days to increase the flow of aid, warning that aid shipments into Gaza in September had reached an alarmingly low level. By Liam Stack and Aaron Boxerman ...