Significance: Kumaratunga’s party with Mahinda Rajapaksa as the opposition leader accused Wickremesinghe of burdening the ...

Now, caught up in a karmic battle to correct the ‘injustice’ done to them by the ‘men in Colombo who do not know that they exist, they say, ‘we will let them know that we exist, that we have power ...

For the first time ever, it could produce a winner who fails to gain a majority of votes. Either a victory or a narrow defeat of the leftist NPP’s candidate could stoke tensions. Should either the NPP ...

The first postal vote result is likely to be out before midnight, Sri Lanka's Election Commission announced after the conclusion of voting in the Presidential election, on Saturday.

Polls show no clear winner unless there is a last minute surge for a candidate ahead of election day in Sri Lanka. Stability ...

The fight for the president’s post in Sri Lanka is largely a three-way contest between Ranil Wickremesinghe, Anura Kumara ...

Over 70 per cent turnout was recorded in districts like Hambantota, Kandy, Vavuniya, Polonnaruwa, Mannar, Trincomalee, ...

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

The election assumes significance as the country has still not come out of the economic crisis despite the IMF bailout ...

Sri Lankan politics was largely dominated by one family since 2005. However, this seems to have changed after the economic and national crisis of 2022 and in the current presidential election, there ...

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