Dissanayake had said during the presidential campaign that he planned to propose significant changes to the targets set in ...

Ranil Wickremesinghe, the outgoing president who lost to Dissanayake in last month’s presidential election, is not contesting a parliamentary election for the first time since 1977. The Rajapaksa ...

is expected to be NPP’s main challenger alongside the New Democratic Front — a breakaway group from the party of the Raja­paksa family and backed by former president Ranil Wickremesinghe. Voters who ...

Maligakanda Magistrate Lochani Abeywickrama has ordered the CID to question and record statements from former President Ranil Wickremesinghe and former Cabinet members over the procurement of ...

Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) leader Sajith Premadasa (SP), independent candidate Ranil Wickremesinghe (RW) and Sri Lanka ...

THE country’s new leftist leader has drawn strong support from an unlikely source as he seeks to expand his three parliamentary seats to a house majority in elections on Thursday.

Dissanayake, during his final campaign rally, indicated significant budget cuts, particularly the unpopular pay-as-you-earn ...

Sri Lanka votes to elect a new parliament this week in a snap general election called by its Marxist-leaning president who ...

Sri Lanka votes to elect a new parliament this week in a snap general election called by its Marxist-leaning president who ...

Sri Lanka's new leftist leader has drawn strong support from an unlikely source as he seeks to expand his three parliamentary ...

Sri Lanka's new leftist leader, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, seeks to expand his parliamentary seats with backing from ...

Sri Lanka's political campaigning drew to a close Monday ahead of parliamentary polls that have turned into a referendum on ambitious plans to tackle corruption in the bankrupt nation.