Wickremensignhe’s main challengers — opposition leader Sajith Premadasa and parliamentarian Anura Dissanayake, a surprise top ...

Sri Lankan politics was largely dominated by one family since 2005. However, this seems to have changed after the economic and national crisis of 2022 and in the current presidential election, there ...

COLOMBO: In the first election to be held after the unprecedented economic collapse in 2022 and the people’s protest movement, Aragalaya, Sri Lankans will on Sa ...

Two years after Sri Lanka’s economic collapse led to the ousting of the Rajapaksa family, Mahinda Rajapaksa speaks out ahead of the presidential election. He defends his son Namal’s candidacy while ...

Sri Lankans are voting for a new president in the first election since mass protests sparked by the country's worst-ever ...

Economic issues top the agenda as the island country of 22 million goes to the polls to elect its 10th president.

Voters in Sri Lanka have to rank up to 3 candidates in order of preference. Candidate with 50% votes is declared winner; if ...

Economic crisis and the IMF austerity program are the major issues while terrorism and polarisation have taken a back seat ...

Sri Lanka’s ninth Presidential election, which is slated for September 21, is being held under strange circumstances for more ...

Polls show no clear winner unless there is a last minute surge for a candidate ahead of election day. Stability is paramount ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake may lack the political lineage of some of his rivals, but his leftist policies to help the poor and ...