Sajith Premadasa’s Samagi Jana Balawegaya was a distant second with around 10 percent of the vote. The New Democratic Front ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankans are voting in a parliamentary election Thursday that is key for the country's new, ...

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

Sri Lankans began voting on Thursday in a snap Parliamentary election, widely seen as an attempt by new Leftist President ...

Dissanayake aims to push anti-poverty policies and adjust IMF program targets, while opposition leader Sajith Premadasa ...

Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa, who had campaigned to take part in a coalition government, vowed in his final campaign ...

With Sri Lanka's economic recovery hanging in balance, President Dissanayake hopes voters give him a strong mandate for his ...

Sri Lanka began voting in a snap election on Thursday which will determine if the island nation wants to empower its new, ...

Sri Lankans are voting in a parliamentary election that could give President Anura Kumara Dissanayake the mandate to implement his reform agenda as the country seeks to recover from a crippling ...

The election impacts policies shaped by the IMF bailout. Key contenders include opposition leader Sajith Premadasa and former ...

This enabled Anura to spearhead a commendable political renaissance of the JVP led NPP. As is well known , Anura Kumara Dissanayake finished first in the presidential election held on 24 September ...