Mr Dissanayake won about 53 per cent of a million votes counted so far in the election. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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

Sri Lankans are voting in a presidential election that will determine the course of the country’s recovery from its worst ...

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

Roughly 17 million Sri Lankans are heading to the polls in the first election since one of the country’s worst financial ...

Voting ends in Sri Lanka's presidential election as it seeks to recover from economic crisis and political upheaval ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankans began voting Saturday in a presidential election that will determine the course of the ...

Millions of Sri Lankans cast their votes on Saturday to select a new president who will face the task of cementing the South ...

Voting ended in Sri Lanka's presidential election Saturday as the country seeks to recover from the worst economic crisis in ...

Millions of Sri Lankans cast their votes on Sept. 21 to select a new president who will face the task of cementing the South ...

Two years ago, tens of thousands of Sri Lankans rose up against their president and forced him to flee the country.

Polls have closed in Sri Lanka's election, where voters are choosing a new president for the first time since mass protests ...