Following a major economic crisis in Sri Lanka marked by protests that culminated in the overthrow of the government in 2022, ...

More than three dozen candidates are vying to lead Sri Lanka out of an economic collapse that led to the 2022 ouster of ...

Mr. Wickremesinghe, 75, a six-time former prime minister, is a political survivor. His elevation to the presidency in 2022, ...

Voting ends in Sri Lanka's presidential election as it seeks to recover from economic crisis and political upheaval.

Sri Lankans are voting in a presidential election that will determine the course of the country’s recovery from its worst ...

Sri Lanka’s creditors (China being the largest) have to hope that the conservative Premadasa (a London School of Economics ...

Millions of Sri Lankans cast their votes on Saturday to select a new president who will face the task of cementing the South ...

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 ...

AFP journalists saw polls closed in Sri Lanka's presidential election on Saturday, ending the island nation's first vote ...

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe and candidate Namal Rajapaksa voted in the 2024 presidential election, crucial for ...

Over 17 million Sri Lankans will have the chance to vote for the country’s next president today (September 21) in a crucial presidential election, the first major poll to be held after Sri Lanka’s wor ...

Sri Lanka's election this coming Saturday has raised doubts over when its long-awaited debt deal with bondholders will be ...