Sri Lankans on Thursday began casting their ballots in a snap parliamentary election widely considered to be a chance for the ...

ECONOMYNEXT – The Colombo Stock Exchange closed up on Tuesday, data on its site showed. The broader ASPI closed up 0.56 percent, or 73.61 points, at 13,198; while the more liquid S&P SL20 Index closed ...

A nation of 22m just across the southern tip of India, Sri Lanka was crushed by a 2022 economic crisis triggered by a severe ...

COLOMBO: Sri Lankans were voting in snap parliamentary elections Thursday, with new leftist President Anura Kumara ...

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake hopes to grab two-thirds of the legislature's 225 seats to press ahead with reforms after ...

from the South Asian nation's largest city of Colombo. "I think we are seeing the first signs of a positive political change in Sri Lanka after the president was elected and we should give him the ...

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

Chanu Nimesha is Sri Lanka’s first openly transgender candidate who is vying for a seat in the 225-seat parliament. The ...

In its latest travel security update, the U.S. Embassy in Colombo encourages all U.S. citizens to review the Travel Advisory for Sri Lanka, maintain vigilance, be aware of their surroundings and ...

Dissanayake’s election victory followed years of political tumult in Sri Lanka, after a debt default and economic meltdown in 2022 led to riots in the streets of Colombo and the ouster of President ...

The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) has limited its trading hours to 9.30 am to 12.30 pm today due to parliamentary election voting. Regular trading will resume on the 18th. Yesterday, the All Share ...

Sri Lanka’s new president has called for a snap general election today. Anura Dissanayake, 55, who took power in September on ...