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

Sri Lankans voted Anura Kumara Dissanayake's coalition to a sweeping victory in a snap general election, granting him the legislative power needed to combat poverty and corruption. The National People ...

Voters have handed Anura Kumara Dissanayake a significant win in a snap general election, giving its new leftist president ...

Sri Lankans voted in a parliamentary election Thursday that is key for the country’s new, Marxist-leaning president to ...

The election was called by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who won the September ... He was also criticised for protecting the Rajapaksa family – a charge he has denied.

A fire broke out overnight at a retirement home in Villafranca de Ebro, northeastern Spain, killing at least 10 people, ...

Sri Lanka’s first openly transgender parliamentary candidate aims to foster a more inclusive political culture. Chanu Nimesha ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake was elected president ... and seek a fresh mandate there for his policies. Dissanayake, an outsider of the family parties that have dominated Sri Lankan politics for ...

Details on the voter turnout were not immediately available. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake won the presidential election on Sept. 21 in a victory that marked a rejection of the traditional ...