In the lead-up to Sri Lanka’s parliamentary elections on 14 November ... theory so outrageous that it nearly tipped me out of my chair. “The economic crisis was all orchestrated,” he ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s National People’s Power Party won at least 123 of the 225 seats in parliament, according to ...

Sri Lankans have voted in a parliamentary election that's key for their new, Marxist-leaning president to consolidate his ...

In the past four years, the share of people living below the poverty line in Sri Lanka has risen to 25.9 per cent. The World ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Sri Lanka's new Marxist-leaning president wins over a two-thirds majority in parliamentary election.

Sri Lanka defaulted on $50 billion in external debt in 2022, pushing the populace towards an alternative candidate.

Of the 225 parliament seats, 196 are up for grabs under Sri Lanka's proportional representative electoral system, which allocates seats in each district among the parties according to the ...

COLOMBO, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka will vote in a snap general election on Thursday, called by new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to secure a majority in parliament to back his policies in ...

Sri Lanka’s benchmark Colombo All Share Index closed up 0.6% at 13,198.80 after a shortened day’s trading, while the rupee was 0.1% higher at 291.96 per dollar at 5:15 p.m. local time.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankans are voting in a parliamentary election Thursday that is key for the country's new, Marxist-leaning president to consolidate his party's power and follow ...