He also has plans to abolish Sri Lanka's contentious executive presidency but requires a two-third majority in parliament to implement it. "This election is critical as it is a test for the NPP to ...

Sri Lanka's new leftist leader has drawn strong support from an unlikely source as he seeks to expand his three parliamentary seats ... communist movement in its logo. "In the first term (of ...

Sri Lanka’s new president Anura Kumara Dissanayake dissolved the nation’s parliament with effect midnight Tuesday and called for early elections, framing his decision as steps toward combating ...

COLOMBO (Reuters) - 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 ...

Languages: English. Sri Lanka's Marxist-leaning National People's Power Party (NPP) has won big in the parliamentary election, securing a two-thirds majority under leader President Anura Kumara ...

COLOMBO: The new parliament of Sri Lanka was convened on Thursday for the first session after the ruling NPP's historic electoral landslide victory a week ago. At the start of the new session of ...

COLOMBO, Nov 14 (Reuters) - 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 ...

Sri Lanka's new president has dissolved parliament to make way for a snap general election. Anura Kumara Dissanayake dissolved the 225-member parliament in which his left-leaning National People's ...

Sri Lanka’s new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake dissolved Parliament late Tuesday and called for a parliamentary election in less than two months in an effort to consolidate power after his ...

Sri Lanka Counts Votes for New Parliament With Economic Reforms at Stake By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lanka began counting votes cast on Thursday in a snap general election that ...