COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is looking to consolidate his party's power in Thursday's parliamentary election to help him implement his election pledges to solve ...

COLOMBO – 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 on promises of ...

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s ruling Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna-led (JVP) National People’s Power (NPP) alliance secured a landslide victory in Thursday’s national parliamentary ...

COLOMBO – Sri Lanka’s new Marxist-leaning president swore in a 22-member Cabinet on Monday after his party secured a two-thirds parliamentary majority in last week’s election. The margin of victory ...

The parliamentary election in Sri Lanka on 14 November, called by new president Anura Kumara Dissanayake to bolster legislative support for his policies, could set the tone for addressing the island ...

The National People’s Power won a parliamentary election that will allow the country’s new president to unroll his reform agenda, including broader welfare assistance. By Pamodi Waravita The leftist ...

Nov. 15 (UPI) --The National People's Power coalition of Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake swept to power after a snap parliamentary election in which voters handed the left-leaning ...

The Socialist Equality Party (SEP) in Sri Lanka is intervening in the country’s November 14 parliamentary elections to build an independent political movement of the working class based on ...

COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's leftist coalition won a thumping victory in a snap general election, gaining power to push through his plans to fight poverty and ...

Sri Lanka's President Dissanayake promises talks on a new Constitution and Provincial Council elections, urging collaboration ...