A notable number of women are contesting Sri Lanka’s general elections on Thursday, signalling a potential shift in the ...

Sri Lankans are voting in a parliamentary election that's key for their new, Marxist-leaning president to consolidate his ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — (AP) — Women make up more than half ... “I think it’s better if there is a female candidate,” she said. Saturday's election is seen as a three-way contest between ...

Chanu Nimesha is contesting Sri Lanka's parliamentary election on Thursday as the first openly transgender candidate, hoping ...

Here is why the upcoming parliamentary election is so significant for newly-elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.

With Sri Lanka's economic recovery hanging in balance, President Dissanayake hopes voters give him a strong mandate for his ...

As election cycles come and go, the conversation around the low female representation in Sri Lanka’s political sphere is ...

Since their swearing-in in September this year, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s cabinet of three has been campaigning for long-term economic and political reform. To make these major changes and ...

The Socialist Equality Party (SEP) is contesting the general elections to be held in Sri Lanka on November 14. We are standing 41 candidates in three electoral districts—in the capital of ...

A close look at the leading candidates’ proposals reveals varying degrees of commitment to and understanding of the issues faced by women ... in the parliamentary election that is due to ...

As a result, these elections mark a historic milestone in Sri Lanka’s post-civil war experience with democracy. Sri Lanka’s election commissioner announced early on Friday that Sirisena had ...