Sri Lankans began voting on Thursday in a snap election to decide if the Indian Ocean island will give its new leftist ...

Ranil Wickremesinghe, the outgoing President who lost to Dissanayake in last month’s presidential election, is not contesting a parliamentary election for the first time since 1977. The Rajapaksa ...

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake hopes to grab two-thirds of the legislature's 225 seats to press ahead with reforms after ...

The NPP’s main opponents are the Samagi Jana Balawegaya, led by Sajith Premadasa, and the New Democratic Front, supported by ...

With Sri Lanka's economic recovery hanging in balance, President Dissanayake hopes voters give him a strong mandate for his ...

Sri Lankans voted in a snap parliamentary election, testing the popularity of the ruling National People's Power party under ...

His successor Ranil Wickremesinghe managed to negotiate a bailout package worth $3bn with the International Monetary Fund - ...

Former president Ranil Wickremesinghe isn’t contesting the election, but is supporting the New Democratic Front. A flurry of new independent parties are also in contention. Polls open at 7 a.m. local ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankans are voting in a parliamentary election Thursday that is key for the country's new, ...

Sri Lanka holds a snap election on Thursday which will determine if the South Asian island nation wants to empower its new, ...

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

The other key contender is the New Democratic Front, backed by previous President Ranil Wickremesinghe. "All arrangements are ...