Mr Dissanayake won about 53 per cent of a million votes counted so far in the election, Sri Lanka’s Election Commission data ...

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

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

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 ...

Polls closed in Sri Lanka's first election since the economic collapse, and the counting of votes is underway. Millions of voters cast their votes to select a leader who will face the task of bolsteri ...

Sri Lanka's Marxist-leaning leader, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, grabbed a commanding early lead on Sunday in his bid to become ...

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 ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake, the Marxist-leaning leader, has taken a substantial early lead in Sri Lanka's presidential election ...

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Sri Lanka's Marxist-leaning leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake leads the presidential race with 54% of the votes counted, ahead ...

Cash-strapped Sri Lanka's main Marxist politician took a comfortable lead Sunday in a keenly fought presidential election ...