The party of Sri Lanka’s new Marxist-leaning President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has taken a large lead in early results from ...

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.

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

Sri Lanka's president's coalition, the National People's Power (NPP) posted an early lead in a parliamentary election, local ...

In the past four years, the share of people living below the poverty line in Sri Lanka has risen to 25.9 per cent. The World ...

This election marks a critical juncture for Sri Lanka as it looks to emerge from a historic financial crisis with a focus on ...

"There is a change in Sri Lanka’s political culture that started in September, which must continue,” he said. NPP supporters ...

A woman walks out of a polling station with her daughter after casting her vote in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo on Thursday.

Polls opened in Sri Lanka's parliamentary vote on Thursday, AFP journalists saw, the island's first election under President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who came to power two months ago.

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