Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s National People’s Power Party won at least 123 of the 225 seats in parliament, according to ...

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

Sri Lanka’s economic upheaval led to a political crisis that forced then-President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to resign in 2022. Parliament then elected Wickremesinghe to replace him. The economy was ...

The election was called by President Anura Kumara ... In the current parliament, which was elected in 2020: The right-wing Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), also known as the Sri Lanka People ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Sri Lanka's new Marxist-leaning president wins over a two-thirds majority in parliamentary election.

Sri Lanka began counting votes cast on Thursday in a snap general election that will decide if the Indian Ocean island nation ...

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake ruling ... of a political party garnering a two-thirds majority in Parliament under Sri Lanka’s proportional representation system, observed senior lawyer ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The party of Sri Lanka’s new Marxist-leaning President Anura Kumara Dissanayake won a two-thirds majority in parliament, according to official election results Friday ...

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake leaves after casting his vote during the parliamentary election in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024.(AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena ...