It is the first time in Sri Lanka's history that the presidential race is to be decided by a second round of counting after the top two candidates failed to win the mandatory 50% of votes to be declar ...

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

Amid police raids, arrests of party leaders and workers, and impositions of stringent conditions, the PTI staged a sizeable public rally at the Cattle Market Kahna on the outskirts of Lahore. The PTI ...

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Voting has ended Saturday in Sri Lanka’s presidential election as the country seeks to recover from the worst economic crisis ...

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 ...

Sri Lankan transition was smoothly managed. Check Bangladesh for contrast. They forced their incumbent into exile, installed ...

Two years ago, tens of thousands of Sri Lankans rose up against their president and forced him to flee the country ...

The past few years have not been easy on Sri Lanka, but the Southeast Asian island — and its people — are on the upswing.

Sri Lanka's main newspaper in the northern port of Jaffna endured bullets and bombings during a decades-long Tamil separatist ...

Facebook’s approximately eight and a half million users in Sri Lanka post far more content and commentary at any time and on any issue or politician than other social media platforms.

The SEP is the only party fighting for the mobilisation of the Sri Lankan working class on a revolutionary socialist and ...