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 ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake, the Marxist-leaning leader, has taken a substantial early lead in Sri Lanka's presidential election ...

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(Bloomberg) -- A Sri Lankan leftist politician who’s pledged to fight corruption in the crisis-hit economy took a convincing ...

Cash-strapped Sri Lanka's main Marxist politician took a comfortable lead Sunday in a keenly fought presidential election ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake, leader of the National People's Power (NPP), is poised to become Sri Lanka's ninth executive ...

Both leading candidates in Sri Lanka's presidential election are promising to give land to the country’s hundreds of ...

Sri Lanka began counting votes in a crucial presidential election that’s likely to determine the fate of the crisis-hit economy and a $3 billion bailout from the International Monetary Fund.

Sri Lanka imposed a night curfew across the country Saturday despite a peaceful presidential election that is effectively a ...

Voting has ended Saturday in Sri Lanka’s presidential election as the country seeks to recover from the worst economic crisis ...

Voting ended in Sri Lanka's presidential election Saturday as the country seeks to recover from the worst economic crisis in ...