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

President Aruna Kumara Dissanayake, who was elected as President in September, is seeking a majority so that most of the policies of his Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna can get parliamentary approval ...

The National People’s Power (NPP) movement claimed approximately 3% of the vote in 2019. It is truly remarkable ... anywhere ...

November 1993 will be 31 years since bombs were dropped by the Air Force over St. James Catholic Church in Gurunagar, Jaffna.

Sri Lanka will vote in a snap general election on Thursday, called by new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to secure a ...

COLOMBO, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Chanu Nimesha is contesting Sri Lanka's parliamentary election on Thursday as the first openly ...

The vote comes less than two months after Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake won September's presidential election.

Roosevelt in 1936 (60.2), and Richard Nixon in 1972 (60.7). Only 38% of presidents have won consecutive elections since 1900. The average age of the president at inauguration is 55. A candidate ...

“I’ve raised at least $50 million for the left,” recalls Evan Barker at The Free Press, but “on Tuesday, I voted for Donald Trump.” ...