National People’s Power (NPP) leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake seems set to become Sri Lanka’s ninth executive president on Sunday (September 22, 2024) with an impressive show in the ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Marxist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake was sworn in as Sri Lanka’s president on Monday after an election ...

Leftist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake emerged victorious in Sri Lanka’s presidential race on Sunday (September 22, 2024), obtaining a mandate that signals a clean break from the island nation ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A woman walks outside the parliamentary complex in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo ...

Sri Lanka's cricket board on Monday named Sanath Jayasuriya as the national team's head coach until the end of the Twenty20 World Cup in 2026. Sri Lanka are building a robust all-round Twenty20 ...

An analysis of Dissanayake's political career reveals that he is a pragmatic leader. Sri Lanka has made history by voting leftist Anura Kumara Dissanayake to power. The people rejected all the ...

Sri Lanka's newly elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has called for snap parliamentary polls on November 14. Sri Lanka, which voted for Anura Kumara Dissanayake, an opposition leader, is ...

The Sri Lanka Development Update (SLDU) has two main aims. First, it reports on key developments over the past 12 months in Sri Lanka’s economy, places these in longer term and global contexts, and ...

Six wickets from Nishan Peiris lead Sri Lanka to a win by an innings and 154 runs in the second Test at Galle. Sri Lanka’s Kamindu Mendis enters the record books with a century in the second ...

Voting started at 7 a.m. (0130 GMT) and ends at 4 p.m. (1030 GMT), with counting scheduled to start shortly after. This is the first election since Sri Lanka’s economy buckled in 2022 under a severe ...

The candidate to contest for the President of Sri Lanka must fulfill the eligibility criteria including- being nominated by a recognized political party or the elected member of the legislature.

Sri Lanka, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. (AP) Sri Lanka has chosen Anura Kumara Dissanayake, a ‘Marxist’ leader, as its 10th President. This landmark decision follows a referendum against the ...