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 the country's economic woes and foster good governance.

Sri Lanka is set to hold on Thursday its snap parliamentary election – first after the 2022 economic crisis – amid deployment of nearly 90,000 security personnel across the country

STORY: Sudath Kumara and his wife Nilmini live in a house illegally built on state-owned land in Sri Lanka.They have nowhere else to go, they say, and could be evicted at any moment.Kumara blames the previous administration for his dire financial situation.

Sri Lanka's general election sees a shift in political landscape as voters choose representatives amid economic crisis aftermath.

The snap parliamentary elections were called by President Dissanayake after he won polls in September on a promise to combat corruption and improve the country's economic situation.

Sri Lanka is set to hold its parliamentary election on Thursday with all arrangements in place to ensure a fair and transparent process, a top election commission official has said.

Uditha Devapriya and Umesh Moramudali on Sri Lanka’s ongoing political realignment.

Sri Lanka's new leftist leader has drawn strong support from an unlikely source as he seeks to expand his three parliamentary seats to a house majority in elections on Thursday.

Colombo: Sri Lanka is set to hold its parliamentary election on Thursday with all arrangements in place to ensure a fair and transparent process, a top election commission official has

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 to recover from a crushing financial crisis.