Sri Lankans were voting in snap parliamentary elections Thursday, with new leftist President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's party ...

Sri Lankans are voting in a parliamentary election that could give President Anura Kumara Dissanayake the mandate to implement his reform agenda as th ...

The NPP’s main opponents are the Samagi Jana Balawegaya, led by Sajith Premadasa, and the New Democratic Front, supported by ...

With Sri Lanka's economic recovery hanging in balance, President Dissanayake hopes voters give him a strong mandate for his ...

Sri Lankans voted in a snap parliamentary election, testing the popularity of the ruling National People's Power party under ...

His successor Ranil Wickremesinghe managed to negotiate a bailout package worth $3bn with the International Monetary Fund - ...

Former president Ranil Wickremesinghe isn’t contesting the election, but is supporting the New Democratic Front. A flurry of new independent parties are also in contention. Polls open at 7 a.m. local ...

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

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

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

The other key contender is the New Democratic Front, backed by previous President Ranil Wickremesinghe. "All arrangements are ...

Since assuming office, Dissanayake has stayed on course with his predecessor Ranil Wickremesinghe’s International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout programme. The country is still in the process of ...