Neck and neck battle for Sri Lanka presidency
Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse saw his margin narrowed as about 15 percent of the 10 million valid votes were counted after the country's …
Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse saw his margin narrowed as about 15 percent of the 10 million valid votes were counted after the country's …
Elections Commissioner Dayananda Dissanayake made a humble plea or in his words 'a final request' from the new President on Friday, asking to let him retire in …
Unidentified attackers lobbed grenades into a mosque in eastern Sri Lanka Friday, killing three men at prayer and wounding at least 25, local residents said. …
Sri Lankan stocks crashed nearly seven percent at Friday's close as socialist President-elect Mahinda Rajapakse narrowly beat a market-friendly favourite, …
Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse saw his margin narrowed as about 15 percent of the 10 million valid votes were counted after the country's …
The defeated UNP camp says its is seeking legal advise on taking the elections chief to courts for turning down their call for a re-poll in the North. The …
Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse was marginally ahead of his main rival after 50 percent of votes were counted in the country's presidential …
Sri Lanka's socialist president-elect Mahinda Rajapakse has set himself a challenge to deliver the raft of subsidies he promised voters in South Asia's most …
Sri Lankan Premier Mahinda Rajapakse was marginally ahead of his rival-in-chief after 50 percent of votes were counted in a presidential ballot boycotted by …
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse on Friday officially won Sri Lanka's tightly-fought battle for the presidency in a victory which analysts said dimmed the …
Punters playing Sri Lankan stocks will look for a clear direction from Thursday’s presidential poll before placing bets, when trading opens today, analysts …
Sri Lanka's Tiger rebels deliberately ditched the man who signed a truce with them and cleared the way for his hawkish rival to win the presidency in a …
Candidate Total Votes % Mahinda Rajapaksha 4,880,950 50.33% Ranil Wickramasinghe 4,694,622 48.40% Others N/A Source Elections Department Candidate Total …
Sri Lanka's tiny stockmarket plunged when trading opened on Friday as investor dumped stocks on news that premier Mahinda Rajapakse had taken an early lead in …
Colombo’s commercial hub closed shop by noon on Thursday along with most other businesses across the island as the country went to polls to elect Sri …
Presidential elections got underway in Sri Lanka Thursday as officials feared overnight violence that killed at least six people could scare away voters in …
Voting got under way Thursday to elect Sri Lanka's fifth executive president amid overnight violence that killed at least six people, election officials and …
Stocks in Sri Lanka tumble as polling starts, despite news that Dialog Telekom, a unit of Telekom Malaysia Berhard, will join the MSCI Sri Lanka index from …
Voting in Sri Lanka's presidential elections ended after nine hours Thursday amid sporadic violence and a virtual boycott by minority Tamils, officials said. …
Two suspected Tamil Tiger rebels were killed and 17 people were wounded in separate grenade attacks and a bomb explosion in Sri Lanka's northeast as the …