Anura Kumara Dissanayake, a leftist politician, has taken a commanding lead in Sri Lanka's presidential election. The ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake, a leftist politician, has taken a commanding lead in Sri Lanka's presidential election. The ...

Mr. Wickremesinghe, 75, a six-time former prime minister, is a political survivor. His elevation to the presidency in 2022, ...

Tamils form 12% of the country's 22 million population, but have long been electorally sidelined, as most candidates belong ...

STORY: Tamils in Sri Lanka have little hope that Saturday's (September 21) presidential election will improve their lot. This ...

Two years ago, tens of thousands of Sri Lankans rose up against their president and forced him to flee the country.

Sajith Premadasa, the leader of Sri Lanka's main opposition party, is a frontrunner in Saturday's presidential election and a ...

Cash-strapped Sri Lanka held presidential elections on Saturday, serving as a de facto referendum on the contentious ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake, the leader of the Marxist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna's (JVP) broader front National People's Power ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake, the leader of the Marxist JVP’s broader front National People’s Power (NPP), has consolidated his ...

Struggling with the aftermath of a brutal civil war and a crippling economy, Sri Lanka's Tamils hold little hope that this ...