Sri Lanka's political campaigning drew to a close Monday ahead of parliamentary polls that have turned into a referendum on ambitious plans to tackle corruption in the bankrupt nation.

Leading political parties, mostly in the Sinhala speaking south, are known to loudly proclaim the need to elect more women to ...

We urge workers, students, youth and rural poor to vote for the SEP in this election to express their support for our ...

Sri Lanka concluded its Presidential election on 21 September ... After the announcement of the election, and with the success of the NPP in the Presidential elections, other political parties have ...

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake pledges to return Tamil lands, hold elections, and address key concerns in Sri Lanka.

After electing a President the Presidential polls, Sri Lanka is all set for parliamentary elections. Can President Anura Dissanayake raise his party's strength in parliament?

My adopted country of Sri Lanka recently held presidential elections. While I lived there, from 2002 to 2016, Chandrika Kumaratunga was president (1994-2005). At first, I was mostly sightseeing, ...

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

The country suffered due to politicised economic decisions taken by former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s Government and the ...

Basil shouldn’t have left country on the eve of Prez poll Mahinda should have retired after 2015 defeat Political marriage ...

Dr Bilesha Weeraratne is a Research Fellow and Head of Migration and Urbanisation Research at IPS. Prior to re-joining IPS in ...