“GROWING IN THE mud, and yet so clean, the lotus is a symbol of purity,” writes the Sri Lankan historian Ananda K. Coomaraswamy in his 1913 book “The Arts and Crafts of India & Ceylon.” The lotus pool ...

The outgoing parliament was dominated by Mahinda Rajapaksa's party, Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), or People's Front, ...

Rev. Saundranayagam, two decades of your missions to Wanni, has been in vain. The International Community have got nothing to do with the internal investigation on the disappearance of Rev. Fr. Jim ...

Sri Lanka is set to hold on Thursday its snap parliamentary ... is not contesting the parliamentary election for the first time since 1977. The Rajapaksa brothers - Mahinda, Gotabaya, Chamal and Basil ...

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake hopes to grab two-thirds of the legislature's 225 seats to press ahead with reforms after ...

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

As many as 196 members are to be elected from the 22 districts based on the proportional representation system while 29 would ...

Sri Lankans on Thursday (November 14 ... has not been contesting the parliamentary election for the first time since 1977.

The voting population is increasingly vocal about breaking free from established political figures and their entrenched ...

Sri Lankans on Thursday began voting in the snap parliamentary election, the first major test of the ruling National People's ...

Sri Lankans are voting in snap parliamentary elections. President Dissanayake's National People's Power (NPP) party seeks a ...

COLOMBO: Voting in Sri Lanka's parliamentary poll started on Thursday to elect 225 members to the Parliament with President ...