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

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Party of Sri Lanka's new Marxist-leaning president is leading in parliamentary elections, results show.

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The Mashpee Select Board approved an increase of the town’s residential tax exemption last week, raising it from 5 to 20 ...

Israeli authorities eased a travel warning for Sri Lanka on Wednesday, some three weeks after cautioning tourists at a popular beach town of an imminent terrorist threat. The National Security Council ...

“GROWING IN THE mud, and yet so clean, the lotus is a symbol of purity,” writes the Sri Lankan historian Ananda K. Coomaraswamy in his 1913 book “The Arts and Crafts of India & Ceylon.” The lotus pool ...

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

Voting begins in Sri Lanka's parliamentary election that is key for its new, Marxist-leaning president.

Chanu Nimesha is contesting Sri Lanka's parliamentary election on Thursday as the first openly transgender candidate, hoping ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is looking to consolidate his party's power in ...

Itinerary highlights include Rhodes, Cannes, Barcelona, Abidjan, Port Elizabeth, Dar es Salaam and Colombo; plus an overnight ...