The 55-year-old candidate has been boosted by his promises of tough anti-corruption measures and bigger welfare schemes.

Sri Lankans will vote on Saturday for their next president, who will be key to deciding the future of reforms in a nation ...

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

Sri Lanka is voting on September 21 to elect a new president. India is closely observing the polls in the strategically ...

Sri Lanka's main newspaper in the northern port of Jaffna endured bullets and bombings during a decades-long Tamil separatist ...

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

New Delhi is said to be backing Sajith Premadasa of the SJB, a party that is not only more pro-India but also committed to ...

Sri Lanka, slowly recovering from its worst-ever economic crisis, will vote to elect the next President on Saturday. Harini ...

More than three dozen candidates are vying to lead Sri Lanka out of an economic collapse that led to the 2022 ouster of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.

Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake and opposition leader Sajith Premadasa headed to a run-off for Sri Lanka's ...

The election commission of Sri Lanka on Sunday ordered the counting of the second preference vote after no candidate secured ...

The Election Commission of Sri Lanka on Sunday ordered a second preference count after no candidate secured over 50 per cent of the votes needed to win the presidential election. Election Commission ...