Sri Lanka votes for new parliament as President Dissanayake pushes for majority after securing only 42.3% in presidential ...

Campaigning at the General Elections has come to an end. So far, whether it be in the north, south, east or west of the ...

President Dissanayake and his party, the JVP-led NPP, have embarked on a mission to ‘cleanse ... This results in massive waves of popular support and huge majorities much to the benefit of crafty ...

In fact, Siddarthan, a son of ex-Jaffna district MP Visvanather Dharmalingam, killed by TELO in 1985, is widely believed to ...

The defeat led to a formal split in the UNP with the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) emerging as a separate outfit under Sajith ...

The Government is confronted with many challenges including finalising debt restructuring and strictly following the ...

Over 17.1 million voters in Sri Lanka are eligible to cast their votes to elect a 225-member parliament in the November 14 polls amid the sovereign defaulted nation’s partially completed debt ...

The US Embassy in Colombo Sri Lanka has lifted travel restrictions issued on October 23, for Arugam Bay, it said in a ...

New Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's party was set for a landslide victory in snap legislative elections, ...

The JVP today accused that the government supporting the spread of racism in the country in a bid to uphold the political power. Central Committee Member of the JVP Bimal Ratnayake expressed the ...

Seventeen out of total 29 Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) local government authorities’ members have pledged to support President Mahinda Rajapaksa at forthcoming Presidential polls, Udaya Gammanpila said.

Sri Lanka’s September polls could prove to be a ‘game changer’ for its relations with its two most powerful neighbours, analysts say.