Sri Lanka elected its first left-wing president on September 21. Anura Kumara Dissanayake received 42 percent of votes cast, in the first test of public opinion since the island state of twenty ...

Dynastic politics which once dominated Sri Lankan politics as in other South Asian countries, is no longer a factor for ...

There are many lessons to be learnt from other countries, and experts in the field may voluntarily help Sri Lanka. Democracy and the rule of law. A system of governance based on democratic principles ...

Since independence—actually since 1931 when we got the universal adult franchise—political power through elections has always been the monopolistic privilege of Sri Lanka’s elite social classes.

Sri Lanka, an island of 22 million people, continues to be in the grip of its worst economic and political crisis since independence on 10 February 1948.

Sri Lanka's parliament elects a new president on Wednesday to replace Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who last week fled to Singapore and resigned following months of protests over the country's financial ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A day after Sri Lanka’s president fled, Mohamed Ishad waited outside an immigration office near the capital, clutching a file of documents that he hopes will get his ...

World Sri Lanka’s political crisis: What happens next? By. AFP. Published. July 16, 2022 ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A day after Sri Lanka’s president fled, ... He has also promised to overhaul the political system to clip presidential powers.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A day after Sri Lanka’s president fled, Mohamed Ishad waited outside an immigration office near the capital, clutching a file of documents that he hopes will get his ...

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