Sri Lankans are voting in a parliamentary election that's key for their new, Marxist-leaning president to consolidate his ...

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka, which has sole authority to print currency in the island nation, told AFP it had not released ...

Sri Lanka's new leftist leader has drawn strong support from an unlikely source as he seeks to expand his three parliamentary ...

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JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake [Photo: Facebook] Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Sri Lanka’s recently elected president and ...

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Economy and cost living key issues for voters Sri Lankans go to the polls on Thursday to choose their parliamentary ...

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The snap parliamentary election was called by the new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake -- the South Asian island's first ...

COLOMBO, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka is set to hold its parliamentary election on Nov. 14, with all necessary preparations in place to ensure a fair and transparent process, Election Commission ...

Sri Lanka votes today in a second national election in as many months with a deeply divided opposition struggling to recover ...

Here is why the upcoming parliamentary election is so significant for newly-elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.