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

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), a formerly marginal communist party, has secured a stunning two-thirds majority in Sri ...

President Anura Kumar Dissanayake gains unprecedented Tamil backing in northern Sri Lanka, promises return of war-seized ...

Sri Lankans were voting in snap parliamentary elections Thursday, with new leftist President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's party expected to secure a mandate to drive through economic reforms.

Sri Lankan President Dissanayake's NPP wins a historic landslide, signaling a shift in politics. Despite past opposition to ...

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, whose Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) party had just three seats in the outgoing assembly ...

While analysts welcome the increase, they caution that more women in politics alone won’t challenge patriarchal norms and ...

The sweeping mandate to the left coalition underlines widening support for his leftist policies, giving him the power to push ...

Former president Ranil Wickremesinghe isn’t contesting the election ... IMF officials are expected to visit Sri Lanka soon after the parliamentary election to kick start a third review of ...

Why Sri Lanka’s parliamentary election today matters for its future - Stakes are high as election could decide country’s ...