Cash-strapped Sri Lanka was voting for its next president Saturday in an effective referendum on an unpopular International Monetary Fund austerity plan enacted after the island nation’s unprecedented ...

Voting in Sri Lanka’s 2024 presidential election began Saturday. Polls are open from 7 a.m. (0130GMT) to 4 p.m. (1030GMT) at ...

Although inflation cooled to 0.5% last month from a crisis high of 70%, and the economy is forecast to grow in 2024 for the ...

This time, the polls are seeing a three-pronged battle between Incumbent President Ranil Wickremesinghe, main Opposition ...

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

The voting began at 7.00 am with over 17 million citizens eligible to vote. This is the first Presidential election in the country since the country's 2022 economic meltdown.

“I think it’s better if there is a female candidate,” she said. Saturday's election is seen as a three-way contest between ...

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

Polling was underway on Saturday in Sri Lanka’s presidential election, the first major electoral exercise in the island ...