Wickremensignhe’s main challengers — opposition leader Sajith Premadasa and parliamentarian Anura Dissanayake, a surprise top ...

Wickremensignhe’s main challengers — opposition leader Sajith Premadasa and parliamentarian Anura Dissanayake, a surprise top ...

Economic crisis and the IMF austerity program are the major issues while terrorism and polarisation have taken a back seat ...

Promises of system change and economic stability define the first presidential polls since the upheaval of 2019 ...

Two years after violent anti-government protests, Sri Lankans are preparing to vote in a critical presidential election. “We ...

Two years after Sri Lanka’s economic collapse led to the ousting of the Rajapaksa family, Mahinda Rajapaksa speaks out ahead of the presidential election. He defends his son Namal’s candidacy while ...

COLOMBO - Anura Kumara Dissanayake may lack the political lineage of some of his rivals, but his leftist policies to help the ...

Voters in Sri Lanka have to rank up to 3 candidates in order of preference. Candidate with 50% votes is declared winner; if ...

The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) has suspended SLPP MP Rohitha Abeygunawardana from the SLPP membership and the post of ...

Economic issues top the agenda as the island country of 22 million goes to the polls to elect its 10th president.