Last Monday, the Navy tracked one such Indian bottom trawler in Mannar and tried to seize it in mid-sea after trying to chase ...

The Election Commission of Sri Lanka is preparing a third consecutive strategic plan. The first such plan was submitted for 2017-2020, followed by a second for 2022-2025. Commissioner General of ...

COLOMBO — Sri Lankans were voting in a parliamentary election on Thursday that is key for the country's new president to follow through on promises of economic recovery.

Despite its electoral setback, the ruling JVP/NPP will use the election results to ruthlessly implement IMF austerity and suppress the growing popular opposition of the working people.

Voting in Sri Lanka’s first Local Government Elections in nearly seven years officially closed on Tuesday (May 06) with a somewhat subdued voter turnout. Accordingly, the polling which had commenced ...

Sri Lanka's local government elections see NPP's consolidation of power, with voters eager for change and improved governance.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankans are voting in a parliamentary election Thursday that is key for the country's new, Marxist-leaning president to consolidate his party's power and follow through ...

The progressive alliance that backs Sri Lanka’s new president, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, won a landslide victory in last week’s parliamentary election. The government has a clear mandate for change ...

On October 15, data from the Election Commission of Sri Lanka showed that the National People’s Power (NPP) coalition scored a decisive victory in Sri Lanka’s first general election since ...

Sri Lanka's President Anura Dissanayake have got super majority in the parliament. His party NPP achieved a historic 2/3 majority in Parliament, marking the first time a single party has done so ...

Sri Lanka's Marxist-leaning National People's Power Party (NPP) has won big in the parliamentary election, securing a two-thirds majority under leader President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.