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 ...

Leading Sri Lankan presidential candidates pledge to prioritise science and research to aid economic recovery.

Sarvajana Balaya’ Presidential Elections candidate Dilith Jayaweera, in an interview with Daily Mirror, outlined his vision ...

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 ...

These pictures from the Sunday Times photographer Pushpa Kumara ... expected there would be a change in the minds of the ...

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