Voting in Sri Lanka’s 2024 presidential election began Saturday. Polls are open from 7 a.m. (0130GMT) to 4 p.m. (1030GMT) at ...

Over 17 million voters are set to decide the country's president. The vote comes after Sri Lanka defaulted on its foreign ...

Women make up more than half of the voters in Sri Lanka, but in Saturday’s presidential election, not even one will be on the ...

Mr. Wickremesinghe, 75, a six-time former prime minister, is a political survivor. His elevation to the presidency in 2022, ...

Sri Lankans are voting in a presidential election that will determine the course of the country’s recovery from its worst ...

By Uditha Jayasinghe and Sudipto Ganguly COLOMBO (Reuters) -Millions of Sri Lankans were casting their votes on Saturday to ...

Sri Lanka begins voting in a presidential election that will decide direction of recovery from its worst economic crisis ...

Sri Lanka’s economy is the key issue in the election. Under Wickremesinghe, important economic figures have improved: Inflation dropped below 5% from 70% in 2022, interest rates were lowered ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka will hold its presidential election on Sept. 21 in a crucial vote that will decide the future of the South Asian nation still struggling to recover from its ...

Sri Lanka is gearing up for its ninth presidential election on September 21, but notably no women candidates are running for the highest office in the country. While having a woman candidate does ...

FORMER Attorney General Allyson Maynard Gibson will observe Sri Lanka’s presidential election, which will be held on September 21, as a member of the Commonwealth Observer Group (COG).