Wickremensignhe’s main challengers — opposition leader Sajith Premadasa and parliamentarian Anura Dissanayake, a surprise top contender who heads a new leftist coalition — have promised major political changes, including renegotiating a deal with the International Monetary Fund to win more favorable terms.

Namal Rajapaksa, son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, cast his vote in the 2024 Sri Lankan presidential election and urged citizens to do the same. Amid a fierce contest with Ranil Wickremesinghe and Sajith Premadasa,

Sri Lankans will vote on Saturday (today) to elect the South Asian nation's 10th president in the first election since

Sri Lanka is set to hold its presidential election on Saturday, a pivotal vote that will determine the future of the South Asian

Voters in Sri Lanka will be choosing a new president while the country's economy is still reeling from bankruptcy. With dozens of candidates running, winning over minorities might be the key to victory.

Sri Lanka’s upcoming presidential election has become a referendum on a $3 billion International Monetary Fund loan program that has helped to pull the island nation out of its worst economic crisis since independence.

Women make up more than half of the voters in Sri Lanka, but in Saturday’s presidential election, not even one will be on the ballot

Sri Lanka will hold a presidential election on Saturday for the first time since its strongman president fled the country two years ago in the face of protests over an economic collapse. During the 2022 crisis,

President Ranil Wickremesinghe charted a path for Sri Lanka out of its worst financial crisis in decades, but the austerity measures that were key to this recovery may hinder his bid to return to his job in Saturday's presidential election.

Sri Lankans are voting in a presidential election that will determine the course of the country’s recovery from its worst economic crisis and resulting political upheaval