Sri Lanka's president's coalition, the National People's Power (NPP) posted an early lead in a parliamentary election, local ...

Voting begins in Sri Lanka's parliamentary election that is key for its new, Marxist-leaning president.

Sri Lankans are voting in a parliamentary election that's key for their new, Marxist-leaning president to consolidate his ...

In the past four years, the share of people living below the poverty line in Sri Lanka has risen to 25.9 per cent. The World ...

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's promise to hold corrupt officials accountable has fueled his public support.

Sri Lanka began counting votes in a parliamentary election that will decide whether the nation’s outsider leftist president ...

Kusal Mendis and Avishka Fernando smash centuries against a new-look New Zealand as Sri Lanka cruised to a 45-run win under ...

“GROWING IN THE mud, and yet so clean, the lotus is a symbol of purity,” writes the Sri Lankan historian Ananda K. Coomaraswamy in his 1913 book “The Arts and Crafts of India & Ceylon.” The lotus pool ...

As Sri Lanka heads to the polls today, all eyes will be on the results, with Dissanayake’s NPP hoping to secure the votes ...

Sri Lankans were voting in snap parliamentary elections Thursday, with new leftist President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's party expected to secure a mandate to drive through economic reforms.

Here is why the upcoming parliamentary election is so significant for newly-elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.