A little over 17 million Sri Lankans are eligible to elect lawmakers to the 225-member parliament for a five-year term

Over 17 million Sri Lankans will have the chance to vote for the country's tenth Parliament election weeks after Anura Kumara

Millions of Sri Lankans thronged the polling stations across the country to elect a new parliament for a five-year term, as turn out crossed the 60% mark in several districts, including capital Colombo, local English news website Newswire reported.

Sri Lanka votes in a snap general election on Thursday, called by new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to secure a majority in parliament to back his policies in the island nation struggling to reco

With Sri Lanka's economic recovery hanging in balance, President Dissanayake hopes voters give him a strong mandate for his policies to reduce taxes and boost welfare.

Sri Lankans are voting in a parliamentary election that's key for their new, Marxist-leaning president to consolidate his party’s power and follow through on promises of economic recovery

Sri Lanka’s new president has called for a snap general election today. Anura Dissanayake, 55, who took power in September on the back of public anger over the island’s 2022 economic meltdown, dissolved parliament on September 24,

Sri Lanka holds a snap election on Thursday which will determine if the South Asian island nation wants to empower its new, leftist President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to push his anti-poverty policies as it recovers from a financial meltdown.

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is looking to consolidate his party’s power in Thursday’s parliamentary election to help him implement his election pledges to solve the country’s economic woes and foster good governance.