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

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 ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake could be sworn in as President of Sri Lanka later on Sunday, a National Peoples Power official said, ...