Sri Lanka’s 22-member Cabinet marks a shift from bloated ministries; record women MPs enter parliament on merit; opposition parties nominate defeated candidates through the “national list”.

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake with Cabinet members of the National People’s Power government soon after their ...

Sri Lanka’s new left-leaning president swore in on Monday a 22-member Cabinet after his party coalition secured a landslide ...

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

The National People’s Power won not only a two-thirds majority in parliament but also 21 of the country’s 22 electoral ...

President Dissanayake’s party won a two-thirds majority in parliament, including among Tamils ​​and Muslims. Will he be able ...

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's sweeping coalition election win this week underlined widening support for his ...

The NPP has won 159 seats, and former opposition leader Sajith Premadasa's Samagi Jana Balawegaya party came in second, ...

The performance of the opposition paled in comparison. The Main Opposition party the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) led by Sajith Premadasa secured just 40 seats down from the 54 it won in 2020 with ...

President Dissanayake’s party has won a two-thirds majority in parliament, including among Tamils and Muslims.

Dissanayake's NPP won nearly 62 percent of the vote in Thursday's election. This showed a clear hike from the 42 percent he ...

The National People`s Power (NPP), led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, clinched a historic victory in the Sri Lankan parliamentary elections on Friday, securing a two-thirds majority and ...