In Sri Lanka, the Aragalaya protests signaled a break from traditional party politics, resulting in the current political outcome that will be further consolidated after the November 14 General ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake won Sri Lanka’s presidential election, the Election Commission announced Sunday, after voters rejected the old political guard ...

Srilanka, May 1 -- In line with International Workers' Day, political parties across Sri Lanka have commenced their May Day rallies. The National People's Power (NPP), representing the current ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The party of Sri Lanka’s new Marxist-leaning President Anura Kumara Dissanayake won a two-thirds majority in Parliament, according to official election results Friday, ...

The party first split in 1951, when S W R D Bandaranaike fell out with the party, and went on to put together the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP). Thereafter, the biggest split in UNP happened in 2020.

Chanu Nimesha is contesting Sri Lanka's parliamentary election on Thursday as the first openly transgender candidate, hoping to forge a more inclusive and tolerant political culture on the South ...

COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe failed on Monday to secure the backing of the biggest political party in parliament for his re-election bid, posing a major challenge ...

Sri Lanka’s economic upheaval led to a political crisis that forced then-President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to resign in 2022. Parliament then elected Wickremesinghe to replace him.