COLOMBO: Sri Lanka votes Thursday (Nov 14) in a second national election in as many months with a deeply divided opposition struggling to recover from a crushing defeat at presidential polls. The snap parliamentary election was called by the new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake - the

New Delhi: Sri Lanka is voting today in the second national election in as many months. The snap parliamentary election was called by the new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, the South Asian island’s first leftist leader after he won polls on a promise to combat graft and recover the country’s stolen assets. Dissanayake’s party is […]

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake hopes to grab two-thirds of the legislature's 225 seats to press ahead with reforms after the country's economic meltdown in 2022, when then-president Gotabaya Rajapaksa was ousted.

Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Dissanayake dissolved parliament on September 24 to clear the way for the general election, days after the Marxist-leaning leader was elected president on a platform for change.