Sri Lankans vote this weekend to elect the country's 10th president, the first since the 2022 economic crisis. Current ...

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

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Cash-strapped Sri Lanka will vote for its next president on Saturday (Sep 21) in an effective referendum on an unpopular ...

Leftist frontrunner promises crackdown on ‘corrupt’ politicians and calls for revisiting deals with IMF and bondholders ...

Ranil Wickremesinghe, a six-time prime minister, assumed office as interim president in July 2022 following Rajapaksa's removal. While the 75-year-old has been affiliated with the centre-right United ...

Two years ago, tens of thousands of Sri Lankans rose up against their president and forced him to flee the country. As the ...

Many Sri Lankans say the current government is largely made up of the same politicians who have ruled the island nation for ...

Days ahead of Saturday's presidential election in Sri Lanka, many still complain of corrupt leaders, economic ...

Incumbent President Ranil Wickremesinghe is running as an independent candidate, as is the leader of the opposition, Sajith ...

Colombo: Sajith Premadasa has no doubts that he will win the upcoming Sri Lankan presidential election — the first after a popular uprising in 2022 sent the president of the time, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, ...