The man who is considered the heir apparent to the powerful Rajapaksa family in Sri Lanka will contest the presidential election next week ...

Heir apparent to the powerful Rajapaksa family in Sri Lanka enters critical elections after economy went into a tailspin ...

Exuberant young men splashing around in a pool with one theatrically soaping himself as a crowd cheered. Sri Lankans dancing ...

The economy will be the key issue for voters in Sri Lanka’s upcoming presidential election, set against a backdrop of ...

Getty Images Sri Lanka's foreign reserves fell to $20m in 2022, triggering an economic crisis For years, the Rajapaksa family – led by Mahinda - held a vice-like grip over Sri Lankan politics.

None of the election manifestos/policy papers declared in the run-up to Sept. 21 presidential election have taken into consideration the daunting political, economic and social challenges faced by ...

Sri Lanka will hold its first presidential vote since the spectacular economic meltdown of 2022, when the pandemic-scarred ...

Getty Images Many Sri Lankans are still feeling the impacts of ... president of Sri Lanka before he was assassinated in 1993 Namal Rajapaksa: The son of Mahinda Rajapaksa, who led the country between ...

Meticulously prepared Pathfinder documents, however, underscored the pivotal importance of future foreign and economic ...

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe and presidential candidate Namal Rajapaksa were among the notable figures who cast ...

President Ranil Wickremesinghe, Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa of Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) party and Namal ...

The first postal vote result is likely to be out before midnight, Sri Lanka's Election Commission announced after the ...