Mr. Wickremesinghe, 75, a six-time former prime minister, is a political survivor. His elevation to the presidency in 2022, ...

Women make up more than half of the voters in Sri Lanka, but in Saturday’s presidential election, not even one will be on the ...

Sri Lankans began voting Saturday in a presidential election that will determine the course of the country's recovery from ...

Incumbent President Ranil Wickremesinghe (75) is at the forefront of the race looking for a re-election for 5 years. His ...

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe and presidential candidate Namal Rajapaksa were among the notable figures who cast ...

By Uditha Jayasinghe and Sudipto Ganguly COLOMBO (Reuters) -Millions of Sri Lankans were casting their votes on Saturday to ...

President Ranil Wickremesinghe charted a path for Sri Lanka out of its worst financial crisis in decades, but the austerity ...

Sri Lanka's President Ranil Wickremesinghe did not scrap his re-election campaign days before the bankrupt nation voted in ...

Sri Lankans who usually vote along religious and ethnic lines will be keeping another factor in mind when they vote Saturday ...

Sri Lankans are voting for a new president in the first election since mass protests sparked by the country's worst-ever ...

Polls closed in Sri Lanka's presidential election on Saturday, AFP journalists saw, ending the island nation's first vote since an unprecedented economic crisis two years ago.

Cash-strapped Sri Lanka began voting for its next president Saturday in an effective referendum on an unpopular International ...