The fourth candidate is Namal Rajapaksa, scion of the Rajapaksa family, son of former prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and ...

Economic crisis and the IMF austerity program are the major issues while terrorism and polarisation have taken a back seat ...

Promises of system change and economic stability define the first presidential polls since the upheaval of 2019 ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake may lack the political lineage of some of his rivals, but his leftist policies to help the poor and ...

Two years after violent anti-government protests, Sri Lankans are preparing to vote in a critical presidential election. “We ...

Two years after Sri Lanka’s economic collapse led to the ousting of the Rajapaksa family, Mahinda Rajapaksa speaks out ahead of the presidential election. He defends his son Namal’s candidacy while ...

Sri Lankans will vote on Saturday to elect the South Asian nation’s 10th president in the first election since the ...

Sri Lanka is preparing for its first national election since the financial default of 2022. Scheduled for September 21, 2024, ...

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

Sri Lankans go to the polls this weekend for the country’s first election since defaulting on piles of sovereign debt in 2022 ...