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

Anura Kumara Dissanayake, a leftist politician, has taken a commanding lead in Sri Lanka's presidential election. The ...

Thirty-eight candidates are running for president of the Asian nation of Sri Lanka, which is still recovering from a 2022 ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake poised to become Sri Lanka's ninth president with impressive lead in postal voting results.

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

Dissanayake’s rise reflects widespread voter frustration with established politicians in the wake of Sri Lanka’s 2022 ...

The entire country was put under curfew from 10 pm till 6 am on Sunday to prevent any untoward incidents post-election.sri ...

Hours after counting of votes began soon after polling ended at 4 pm, the entire country was put under curfew from 10 pm till ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake, leader of the Marxist JVP's broader front National People's Power (NPP), has won the recent Sri ...

Over 17 million voters are set to decide the country's president. The vote comes after Sri Lanka defaulted on its foreign debt 2022, triggering the worst economic crisis in decades.

This is Sri Lanka’s 1st presidential election since its 2022 economic crisis. A 2nd round of counting is likely, a first in ...

A Sri Lankan leftist politician who’s pledged to fight corruption in the crisis-hit economy has maintained a comfortable lead ...