Anura Kumara Dissanayake may lack the political lineage of some of his rivals, but his leftist policies to help the poor and ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake is a prominent candidate in Sri Lanka's presidential election, known for his leftist policies and ...

Two years ago, tens of thousands of Sri Lankans rose up against their president and forced him to flee the country.

Sri Lanka put themselves in a good position on the third day of the opening test against New Zealand after Dimuth Karunaratne and Dinesh Chandimal made half-centuries but the hosts lost some of their ...

Economic issues top the agenda as the island country of 22 million goes to the polls to elect its 10th president.

Sajith Premadasa, the leader of Sri Lanka's main opposition party, is a frontrunner in Saturday's presidential election and a ...

Sri Lanka's President Ranil Wickremesinghe did not scrap his re-election campaign days before the bankrupt nation voted in ...

Scarred by a decades-long civil war and struggling to survive in Sri Lanka's crippled economy, ethnic minority Tamils in the ...

Over the past two years, Daham Piyasena has lived through momentous times: the worst economic crisis in Sri Lanka’s history, ...

Sri Lankan presidential candidate Sajith Premadasa waves to his supporters during an election campaign rally in Negombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, Nov. 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, File) Girls ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — (AP) — Sri Lanka will hold its presidential election on Sept. 21 in a crucial vote that will decide the future of the South Asian nation still struggling to recover from ...