The much maligned executive presidency was established by the United National Party (UNP) Govt of Junius Richard Jayawardene in 1978. JR’s nephew and incumbent president Ranil Wickremesinghe was ...

Officials are yet to release the final voting percentage. By 2 pm, more than 60 per cent of the 17 million eligible people ...

Both leading candidates in Sri Lanka's presidential election are promising to give land to the country’s hundreds of ...

Sri Lanka held its first presidential election since the 2022 economic crisis, with voting conducted peacefully across 22 ...

Polling concluded in Sri Lanka's presidential elections without any reported incidents. The election will test incumbent ...

Sri Lankans ousted Rajapaksa clan from power two years ago. Now they are back in the fray - Heir apparent to the powerful ...

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

Sri Lanka went to the polls on Saturday for a presidential election, which could impact the country's future after a severe ...

All of the capitalist candidates is today’s election are committed to a continuing the International Monetary Fund’s savage ...

As Sri Lanka continues to recover from the devastating economic crisis of 2022, the people of the island nation, who have ...

Kagusthan Ariaratnam, a former child soldier turned defense analyst, speaks with JURIST about his new memoir 'Spy Tiger: The ...

Wickremensignhe’s main challengers — opposition leader Sajith Premadasa and parliamentarian Anura Dissanayake, a surprise top ...