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

Anura Kumara Dissanayake is a prominent candidate in Sri Lanka's presidential election, known for his leftist policies and ...

Although Dissanayake's Janatha Vimukthi Peremuna (JVP) party has just three seats in parliament, the 55-year-old candidate ...

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

Sajith Premadasa, leader of Sri Lanka's main opposition party, is contesting the presidential election, decades after his ...

Sri Lanka is preparing for its first national election since the financial default of 2022. Scheduled for September 21, 2024, ...

Both leading candidates in Sri Lanka’s presidential election are promising to give land to the country’s hundreds of ...

Sri Lanka was able to stave off bankruptcy in 2022 thanks to loans from the International Monetary Fund, and countries like ...

Exuberant young men splashing around in a pool with one theatrically soaping himself as a crowd cheered. Sri Lankans dancing ...

The man who is considered the heir apparent to the powerful Rajapaksa family in Sri Lanka will contest the presidential ...

Sri Lanka’s opposition leader says if he wins the presidential race he will renegotiate the International Monetary Fund ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A supporter of Sri Lanka’s president Ranil Wickremesinghe cheers during a public rally in Colombo, Sri ...