Marxist-leaning lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake leads early official results in Sri Lanka's presidential election, ...

Sri Lanka's Marxist-leaning leader, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, grabbed a commanding early lead on Sunday in his bid to become ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s strong showing reveals voter weariness with leadership that has led to a national economic crisis ...

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

President Ranil Wickremesinghe issued a gazette imposing the curfew order as a precaution to prevent any untoward incident ...

Mr Dissanayake won about 53 per cent of a million votes counted so far in the election. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Roughly 17 million Sri Lankans are heading to the polls in the first election since one of the country’s worst financial ...

Women make up more than half of the voters in Sri Lanka, but in Saturday’s presidential election, not even one will be on the ...

Marxist candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake led the early counting in Sri Lanka’s presidential elections Sunday, riding a ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankans began voting Saturday in a presidential election that will determine the course of the ...

Wickremensignhe’s main challengers — opposition leader Sajith Premadasa and parliamentarian Anura Dissanayake, a surprise top ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake leads early official results in Sri Lanka’s presidential ...