Sri Lanka began counting votes cast on Thursday in a snap general election that will decide if the Indian Ocean island nation ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s National People’s Power Party won at least 123 of the 225 seats in parliament, according to ...

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), a formerly marginal communist party, has secured a stunning two-thirds majority in Sri ...

Mr Dissanayake, who ascended to the presidency in September, called for the election shortly after his win, aiming to ...

Party of Sri Lanka's new Marxist-leaning president is leading in parliamentary elections, results show.

Mr Dissanayake took power in September’s presidential elections on a promise to combat graft. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Sri Lankans handed Anura Kumara Dissanayake a thumping win in a snap general election, giving its new leftist president ...

Sri Lanka’s President Anura Kumara Dissanayake secured a decisive victory in the snap general election, with his National ...

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's promise to hold corrupt officials accountable has fueled his public support.

A former agriculture minister and long-time member of parliament, Dissanayake came into spotlight by distancing himself from ...