Wickremensignhe’s main challengers — opposition leader Sajith Premadasa and parliamentarian Anura Dissanayake, a surprise top ...
Exuberant young men splashing around in a pool with one theatrically soaping himself as a crowd cheered. Sri Lankans dancing ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Voters in Sri Lanka have to rank up to 3 candidates in order of preference. Candidate with 50% votes is declared winner; if ...
Sri Lankans will elect a new president in the first election since mass protests sparked by the country's worst-ever economic ...
Sri Lanka’s ninth Presidential election, which is slated for September 21, is being held under strange circumstances for more ...
Sri Lanka is set to hold its presidential election on Saturday, a pivotal vote that will determine the future of the South ...
Namal Rajapaksa, son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, is running for president in Sri Lanka. Despite his efforts to ...
Polls show no clear winner unless there is a last minute surge for a candidate ahead of election day. Stability is paramount for the island nation and the public realise that need to vote wisely for t ...
When an uprising ousted Sri Lanka’s president, many saw it as the end of his powerful family’s hold on the island nation ...