Sri Lankan show their baby fingers marked with an indelible ink after casting their vote at a polling center for presidential election in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024.

More than 17 million of Sri Lanka's 22 million people are eligible to vote in an election that has shaped up to be a close contest between President Ranil Wickremesinghe, main opposition leader Sajith ...

Sri Lankans voted on Saturday in an election to pick a president who will face the task of bolstering the country's fragile economic recovery following its worst financial crisis in decades. The ...

Sri Lanka is set to hold its presidential election on September 21, marking the first electoral process since the nation defaulted on its debt and declared bankruptcy in 2022.

Protests ousted Sri Lanka’s last president. Ahead of new election, many are still waiting for change Former protesters are having a hard time coming together behind a candidate.

Sri Lanka’s former defense secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa has been elected as the country’s new President, winning 52.2% of the vote, according to the chairman of Sri Lanka’s Election Commission.

The parliamentary election in Sri Lanka on 14 November, called by new president Anura Kumara Dissanayake to bolster legislative support for his policies, could set the tone for addressing the ...

Sri Lanka will vote in a snap general election on Thursday, called by new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to secure a majority in parliament to back his policies in the island nation struggling ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka’s new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake dissolved Parliament late Tuesday and called for a parliamentary election in less than two months in an effort to ...