Sri Lanka defaulted on $50 billion in external debt in 2022, pushing the populace towards an alternative candidate.

The election comes at a decisive time for Sri Lankans, as the island nation is struggling to emerge from its worst economic ...

The National People's Power alliance of Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake swept to power after a snap parliamentary election in which voters handed the left-leaning alliance a landslide ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s National People’s Power Party won 159 of the 225 seats, according to the Elections Commission.

President Anura Dissanayake's National People's Power Party Wins Parliamentary Majority ...

Tilvin Silva, general secretary of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP or People’s Liberation Front) of Sri Lanka, is seen at ...

The party of Sri Lanka’s new Marxist-leaning President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has won a two-thirds majority in parliament, ...

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's sweeping coalition election win this week underlined widening support for his ...

As many as 196 members are to be elected from the 22 districts based on the proportional representation system while 29 would ...

Mr Dissanayake was elected president in September in a rejection of traditional political parties that have governed the ...

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

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s coalition took an early lead in parliamentary elections seen as a test of the ...