As many as 196 members are to be elected from the 22 districts based on the proportional representation system while 29 would ...

Sri Lanka's new president Anura Kumara Dissanayake was confident of a victory as polls closed in Thursday's snap legislative ...

"The result of the election is a foregone conclusion." The outgoing parliament was dominated by the party of former president ...

Former Chief Minister of the Eastern Province Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan alias Pilleyan has been summoned to the Criminal ...

Millions of Sri Lankans are voting on Thursday in snap parliamentary elections, weeks after the election of left-leaning ...

Here is why the upcoming parliamentary election is so significant for newly-elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.

Most Sri Lankan electors let their rising choler get the better of ... A two-thirds majority drove President Mahinda Rajapaksa to abuse power to his heart’s content and amend the Constitution to do ...

The outgoing parliament was dominated by the party of former president Mahinda Rajapaksa -- the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna ...

A failure to engage with Tamil demands for justice, accountability, and autonomy will ultimately prevent Dissanayake from ...

President Aruna Kumara Dissanayake, who was elected as President in September, is seeking a majority so that most of the policies of his Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna can get parliamentary approval ...

Entry of new faces as veterans shy away Several veteran politicians, including former Presidents Ranil Wickremesinghe, ...

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is looking to consolidate his party’s power in Thursday’s parliamentary ...