COLOMBO: Sri Lankans were voting in snap parliamentary elections Thursday, with new leftist President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's party expected to secure

COLOMBO: Voting in Sri Lanka's parliamentary poll started on Thursday to elect 225 members to the Parliament with President Anura Kumara Dissanyake seeking a majority.

Sri Lanka votes today in a second national election in as many months with a deeply divided opposition struggling to recover from a crushing defeat at presidential polls.

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

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake hopes to grab two-thirds of the legislature's 225 seats to press ahead with reforms after the country's economic meltdown in 2022, when then-president Gotabaya Rajapaksa was ousted.

Voting in Sri Lanka’s parliamentary poll started on Thursday to elect 225 members to the parliament to govern the sovereign debt defaulted nation for the next five years amid calls for a new political culture without corruption and misappropriation of public funds.

Sri Lanka votes to elect a new parliament this week in a snap general election called by its Marxist-leaning president who wants a fresh mandate in the legislature to drive economic reforms in the debt-ridden island nation.

A committee in Sri Lanka will review the privileges of former presidents, following President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s campaign promise to end such benefits. The President’s office denies reports that ex-President Mahinda Rajapaksa's security has been reduced,

Sri Lankans are voting in a parliamentary election that's key for their new, Marxist-leaning president to consolidate his party’s power and follow through on promises of economic recovery

Sri Lankans began voting on Thursday in a snap election to decide if the Indian Ocean island will give its new leftist president greater strength to help the poor as it recovers from a financial meltdown.

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is looking to consolidate his party’s power in Thursday’s parliamentary election to help him implement his election pledges to solve the country’s economic woes and foster good governance.