The NPP won 107 seats, receiving almost 62 per cent or 6.8 million votes in Thursday’s election, putting them past the ...

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

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's promise to hold corrupt officials accountable has fueled his public support.

The National People’s Power won a parliamentary election that will allow the country’s new president to unroll his reform ...

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

President Anura Kumar Dissanayake gains unprecedented Tamil backing in northern Sri Lanka, promises return of war-seized ...

Sri Lanka typically backs its president in general elections, especially if it is held soon after a presidential vote. The president wields executive power but Dissanayake still requires a ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lankans are voting in a parliamentary election Thursday that is key for the country's new, Marxist-leaning president to consolidate his party’s power and follow ...

Sajith Premadasa, who came in second in the presidential election and his Samagi Jana Balawegaya, or United People's Power party, is NPP's main competition. As Sri Lanka goes to parliamentary ...

Marxist-leaning president to consolidate his party’s power and follow through on promises of economic recovery COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Sri Lankans voted in a parliamentary election Thursday that ...