After parliamentary elections, Sri Lanka’s new president now has a commanding majority to pass his reform agenda.

Sri Lanka defaulted on $50 billion in external debt in 2022, pushing the populace towards an alternative candidate.

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

“GROWING IN THE mud, and yet so clean, the lotus is a symbol of purity,” writes the Sri Lankan historian Ananda K. Coomaraswamy in his 1913 book “The Arts and Crafts of India & Ceylon.” The lotus pool ...

In a landmark general election, Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's leftist coalition gained a significant majority, indicating a shift in the country's political landscape. With a ...

Chanu Nimesha is contesting Sri Lanka's parliamentary election on Thursday as the first openly transgender candidate, hoping ...

Sri Lanka’s economic upheaval led to a political crisis that forced then-President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to resign in 2022. Parliament then elected Wickremesinghe to replace him. The economy was ...

The party of Sri Lanka’s new Marxist-leaning President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has won a two-thirds majority in parliament, ...

COLOMBO - Ms Chanu Nimesha is contesting Sri Lanka’s parliamentary election on Nov 7 as the first openly transgender candidate, hoping to forge a more inclusive and tolerant political culture on ...