Sri Lanka is voting on September 21 to elect a new president. India is closely observing the polls in the strategically ...

Tamils are Sri Lanka's largest minority group & usually vote as one block, but this time their vote is fractured. Plus, the 3 ...

Sri Lanka on Saturday (Sept 21) is voting in the presidential election to choose the country's 10th president. The new ...

Sri Lanka is set to vote for a new president, marking the first presidential election since the country’s economic collapse ...

The economic collapse led to severe shortages of essentials like food, medicine, cooking gas and fuel, causing long lines and ...

The concern of the majority Sinhala-Buddhist voter is who can get the economy to rebound and rebuild the shattered political and administrative system of the country ...

Sri Lankan politics was largely dominated by one family since 2005. However, this seems to have changed after the economic and national crisis of 2022 and in the current presidential election, there ...

Incumbent President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who succeeded Rajapaksa, is seeking re-election. He faces challengers Anura Kumara Dissanayake from the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) and Sajith Premadasa ...

Mr. Wickremesinghe, 75, a six-time former prime minister, is a political survivor. His elevation to the presidency in 2022, ...

As Sri Lanka continues to recover from the devastating economic crisis of 2022, the people of the island nation, who have been bearing the brunt of the strict austerity measures, will head to polling ...

This is Sri Lanka's first election after its economy collapsed in 2022 and holds importance for India amid growing influence ...

COLOMBO: Polling concluded in Sri Lanka on Saturday with no violence or security breaches reported anywhere from all 22 ...