The National People’s Power (NPP) polled 234,083 votes to  win five seats in parliament from the Hambantota district while ...

The results of Sri Lanka’s general election will be announced today after snap polls were announced by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake. India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi will head to Bihar to ...

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

New Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's party was set for a landslide victory in snap legislative elections, ...

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s coalition took an early lead in parliamentary elections seen as a test of the ...

Of the 225 parliament seats, 196 are up for grabs under Sri Lanka's proportional representative electoral system, which ...

Sri Lanka on Thursday voted to elect a new parliament, a first major test for the ruling National People's Power (NPP) party ...

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

Sri Lanka's president's coalition, the National People's Power (NPP) posted an early lead in a parliamentary election, local ...

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, whose Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) party had just three seats in the outgoing assembly ...

In the past four years, the share of people living below the poverty line in Sri Lanka has risen to 25.9 per cent. The World ...

Sri Lanka's snap general election could expand President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's legislative power amid economic recovery ...