Dissanayake won about 53% of a million votes counted so far in the election, Sri Lanka's Election Commission data showed.

Leaders of Australia, India, Japan and the United States have agreed to expand joint security steps in Asia's trade-rich ...

Dissanayake, 55, leads the National People's Power, a coalition of leftist political parties and groups backed by protesters ...

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Anura Kumara Dissanayake, the leader of the Marxist JVP’s broader front National People’s Power (NPP), has consolidated his lead to be declared the winner in just concluded Sri Lanka’s crucial ...

COLOMBO, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka has extended the curfew imposed in the country until noon on Sunday, Minister of Public Security Tiran Alles said. A curfew was imposed in Sri Lanka with effect ...

Cash-strapped Sri Lanka held presidential elections on Saturday, serving as a de facto referendum on the contentious ...

A previously fringe Marxist politician was on course Sunday to become Sri Lanka's next leader after a presidential vote ...

Sri Lanka presidential election reports 75% voter turnout, lower than 2019's 83%. No incidents reported. Polls closed at 4pm ...

Polls closed in Sri Lanka's first election since the economic collapse, and the counting of votes is underway. Millions of ...