President Anura Kumara Dissanayake casting his vote for the local government election on May 6 2025 [Photo: Sri Lanka President’s Media Division]. The fall in the JVP/NPP overall national vote ...

Sri Lanka’s leftist government won local council elections but with significantly lower margins, in its first test since sweeping national polls last year, official results showed on Wednesday.

Sri Lanka’s local government elections on May 6 have thrown up interesting results. Although the ruling National People’s Power (NPP) achieved a decisive victory by winning 266 out of 339 ...

COLOMBO, Oct 4 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Election Commission of Sri Lanka, announced yesterday that, steps will be taken to hold the local government elect Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT عربي ...

Over 17 million Sri Lankan voters will on Tuesday (May 6, 2025) get to vote in the local government elections — the island nation’s third election in seven months — to elect representatives ...

Sri Lanka will vote in a snap general election on Thursday, called by new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to secure a majority in parliament to back his policies in the island nation struggling ...

At the time of its default, Sri Lanka’s local and foreign debt totaled $83 billion. The government says it has now restructured more than $17 billion.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankans voted 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 ...

COLOMBO, March 20 (Xinhua) -- The Election Commission of Sri Lanka announced on Thursday that local government elections will be held on May 6. The announcement came after the commission completed ...