ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s rupee opened stronger at 292.15/18 to the US dollar Thursday from 292.20/30 to the US dollar on ...

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake seeks a fresh mandate in Parliament to promote his welfare policies and renegotiate terms ...

Sri Lanka is set to hold on Thursday ... who lost to Dissanayake in last month’s presidential election, is not contesting the parliamentary election for the first time since 1977. The Rajapaksa ...

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Commercial Bank profits of 12.5 billion rupees in the September 2024 quarter, up 100 percent from a ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankans are voting in a parliamentary election Thursday that is key for the country's new, Marxist-leaning president to consolidate his party's power and follow through ...

The election campaign was dominated ... as being difficult to implement within Sri Lanka’s existing political framework, however, the Marxists leader has promised to fulfil the promises he pledged ...

Former Chief Minister of the Eastern Province Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan alias Pilleyan has been summoned to the Criminal ...

Sri Lanka began voting in a snap election on Thursday which will determine if the island nation wants to empower its new, leftist President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to push his pro-poor policies as it ...

As many as 196 members are to be elected from the 22 districts based on the proportional representation system while 29 would ...

This election is pivotal for President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and his National People’s Power (NPP) party, as they look to ...

The opposition remains fragmented after a significant loss in the presidential elections ... chosen not to participate in ...

Colombo: Sri Lankans on Thursday began voting in the snap parliamentary election, the first major test of the ruling National ...