Sri Lanka holds a snap election on Thursday which will determine if the South Asian island nation wants to empower its new, ...

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's promise to hold corrupt officials accountable has fueled his public support.

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

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lankans are voting in a parliamentary election ... 21 in a victory that marked a rejection of the ...

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 ...

Sri Lanka votes in a snap general election on Thursday, called by new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to secure a majority ...

Addressing the media after casting his vote in the island nation’s general elections ... The two national elections this year ...

“GROWING IN THE mud, and yet so clean, the lotus is a symbol of purity,” writes the Sri Lankan historian Ananda K. Coomaraswamy in his 1913 book “The Arts and Crafts of India & Ceylon.” The lotus pool ...

As many as 196 members are to be elected from the 22 districts based on the proportional representation system while 29 would ...

Chanu Nimesha is Sri Lanka’s first openly transgender candidate who is vying for a seat in the 225-seat parliament. The ...

Here is why the upcoming parliamentary election is so significant for newly-elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.