Sri Lanka was once a pioneer of free-market capitalism in South Asia. After J.R. Jayewardene took power with a super-majority ...

Sri Lanka’s new Marxist-leaning president has sworn in a 21-member Cabinet after his party secured a two-thirds parliamentary ...

On October 15, data from the Election Commission of Sri Lanka showed that the National People’s Power (NPP) coalition scored ...

Sri Lankans voted in a parliamentary election Thursday that is key for the country's new, Marxist-leaning president to ...

In the past four years, the share of people living below the poverty line in Sri Lanka has risen to 25.9 per cent. The World ...

Leftist President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who tightened his grip on power last week after winning a huge majority in the ...

Sri Lanka began counting votes cast on Thursday in a snap general election that will decide if the Indian Ocean island nation ...

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's promise to hold corrupt officials accountable has fueled his public support.

Sri Lanka expects the IMF to announce a staff level agreement on its third review of the country's bailout programme on ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankans are voting in a parliamentary election Thursday that is key for the country’s new, ...

The NPP won 107 seats, receiving almost 62 per cent or 6.8 million votes in Thursday’s election, putting them past the ...

Voting begins in Sri Lanka's parliamentary election that is key for its new, Marxist-leaning president.