Sri Lanka began counting votes cast on Thursday in a snap general election that will decide if the Indian Ocean island nation ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

The results of Sri Lanka’s general election will be announced today after snap polls were announced by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake. India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi will head to Bihar to ...

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

COLOMBO, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka will vote in a snap general election on Thursday, called by new President Anura Kumara ...

It shows the number of flight arrivals and departures to/from the Maldives compared to Sri Lanka. The large number of small aircraft are island-hopping floatplanes conveying tourists between the ...

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