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

Also known as the Digamadulla electoral district, Ampara is an interesting case-study for voter sentiments across Sri Lanka’s ethnic groups. The island’s three main ethnic communities ...

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

According to the Election Commission results, Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s National People’s Power Party has won at least 123 ...

In Batticaloa, leading political parties such as the Ilankai Thamil Arasu Katchchi (ITAK), Democratic Tamil National Alliance (DTNA), Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal, Sri Lanka Muslim Congress ...

The crowds for new passports show that the crisis in Sri Lanka is far from over. The hope for change is very real in a country long divided on ethnic lines. It is not a moment to be missed. Amit ...

Representation of minority groups in Sri Lanka’s Parliament appears to be in danger of weakening ... parties for minorities to participate and raise their issues. Minority ethnic parties are also ...

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

Since last year the military has lost swathes of territory near the border with China in Shan state to an alliance of armed ethnic minority groups and "People's Defence Forces" battling to ...