Sri Lanka, President
After Years of Turmoil, Sri Lanka Is Making a Return — Here's How to Visit
The past few years have not been easy on Sri Lanka, but the Southeast Asian island — and its people — are on the upswing.
The Incumbent, the Marxist and the Heir: Sri Lanka’s Tight Race for President
Mr. Wickremesinghe, 75, a six-time former prime minister, is a political survivor. His elevation to the presidency in 2022, after the overthrow of Gotabaya Rajapaksa, plucked him out of irrelevance and demonstrated his formidable bargaining powers.
Voting ends in Sri Lanka to choose a president and a way out of years of turmoil
Sri Lankans are voting in a presidential election that will determine the course of the country’s recovery from its worst economic crisis and resulting political upheaval
In Sri Lanka, election day is time for firecrackers — to ward off elephants
Over the past two years, Daham Piyasena has lived through momentous times: the worst economic crisis in Sri Lanka’s history, which led to unprecedented public protests that forced the resignation of the island nation’s president,
Sri Lanka votes in first election since financial meltdown
More than three dozen candidates are vying to lead Sri Lanka out of an economic collapse that led to the 2022 ouster of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
Sri Lanka’s presidential election a test for current leader, 2 years after its economy hit bottom
Sri Lankans who usually vote along religious and ethnic lines will be keeping the state of the economy in mind when they vote Saturday on a new president.
Crisis-hit Sri Lanka votes in crucial election to decide economic future
Millions of Sri Lankans cast their votes on Saturday to select a new president who will face the task of cementing the South Asian country's fragile economic recovery following its worst
Voting ends in Sri Lanka's presidential election as it seeks to recover from economic crisis and political upheaval
Voting ends in Sri Lanka's presidential election as it seeks to recover from economic crisis and political upheaval
Sri Lankan voters to chose from 38 candidates in consequential presidential election
Thirty-eight candidates are running for president of the Asian nation of Sri Lanka, which is still recovering from a 2022 economic collapse. Its incumbent president faces a tight race.
Sri Lanka president did not scrap re-election bid days before poll
Sri Lanka's President Ranil Wickremesinghe did not scrap his re-election campaign days before the bankrupt nation voted in the first poll since its economic collapse, contrary to claims spread online.
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This is the way they cast their votes
The Gampaha District, with more than 1.8 million voters, has the highest number of registered voters. Here too, voters came in early to exercise their civic rights, indicating their enthusiasm. Voting ...
The best islands in the Indian Ocean, ranked
The Maldives, Mauritius, the Seychelles or Sri Lanka, which should you visit? Our writer compares the winter-sun favourites ...
Sri Lanka seizes control of Galle test against New Zealand with sensible batting
Former captains Dimuth Karunaratne and Dinesh Chandimal have combined for 147 to earn Sri Lanka a 202-run lead against New ...
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Union Assurance recognises NTB’s top bancassurance performers
Union Assurance, Sri Lanka’s leading life insurer and the exclusive bancassurance partner of Nations Trust Bank PLC (NTB), ...
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The best honeymoon hotels in Sri Lanka for the romantic trip of a lifetime
Cape Weligama’s vast bedrooms are fairly traditional in style ... Opening out onto a rugged Indian Ocean beach, and backed by Sri Lanka’s most famous wildlife park, Wild Coast’s guests are ...