Social media has usurped the traditional media’s influence in Sri Lankan politics, particularly after the Aragalaya – and ...

Supporters of Sri Lanka’s main opposition shout slogans during a protest rally against high taxes and increases in electricity and fuel charges, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Jan. 30, 2024. Like a number of ...

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Chanu Nimesha is contesting Sri Lanka's parliamentary election on Thursday as the first openly transgender candidate, hoping to forge a more inclusive and tolerant political ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake won Sri Lanka’s presidential election, the Election Commission announced Sunday, after voters rejected the old political guard that has ...

Sri Lanka elected Anura Kumara Dissanayake as its new president on September 21, marking the first time in the country’s history that a candidate outside the two major political parties has won the ...

When crowds of irate Sri Lankans stormed the presidential palace in July 2022 demanding the ouster of former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, somebody like Ranil Wickremasinghe likely was not the ...

Crucial intelligence that could have prevented Sri Lanka's Easter attacks went ignored in part because of feuding between the country's leaders, experts say. The government has admitted "major" lapses ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake offered his broad leftist coalition as the best hope for a different political culture, one not ruled by nepotism and corruption. By Mujib Mashal and Pamodi Waravita Reporting ...

Sri Lankan MP and Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) leader Namal Rajapaksa has urged actor-turned-politician Vijay to approach politics with seriousness and ensure that promises made to people are ...