Dissanayake has secured 56% of the votes, while his main opponents Sajith Premadasa and current President Ranil ...

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka imposed a night curfew across the country on Saturday (Sept 21), despite a peaceful presidential election ...

Sri Lanka's Marxist-leaning leader, Anura Kumara Dissanayake has grabbed a commanding early lead in his bid to become the ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, US President Joe Biden, Prime Minister of Australia, Anthony Albanese, and Japan Prime Minister ...

Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa was second with 20 per cent, a few thousand votes ahead of President Ranil Wickremesinghe ...

Polls will soon close in Sri Lanka in the first presidential election since the country was in the grip of a potential ...

The much maligned executive presidency was established by the United National Party (UNP) Govt of Junius Richard Jayawardene in 1978. JR’s nephew and incumbent president Ranil Wickremesinghe was ...

Cash-strapped Sri Lanka held presidential elections on Saturday, serving as a de facto referendum on the contentious ...

About 75 per cent of the eligible 17 million people in the Indian Ocean island nation cast their votes in Saturday's election ...

The following interesting points have been made by an anonymous source in the bowels of the foreign ministry in the context of the high level meetings of the UN General Assembly beginning on Sept. 24.

Armed forces to supplement police if required By Norman Palihawadane The 54,000-strong police force deployed nationwide, ...

Officials are yet to release the final voting percentage. By 2 pm, more than 60 per cent of the 17 million eligible people ...