In a heartfelt final address to the nation yesterday, President Ranil Wickremesinghe expressed his gratitude to the people of Sri Lanka for the mandate given during the 21st Presidential election. ..

Outgoing President Ranil Wickremesinghe bids farewell to the Sri Lankan presidency after 26 months, handing over to president-elect Anura Kumara Dissanayake. Wickremesinghe reflects on his tenure, emphasizing economic recovery efforts and expressing hope for continued progress.

Dissanayake leads the left-leaning coalition National People’s Power, an umbrella of civil society groups, professionals, Buddhist clergy and students.

About 75 per cent of the eligible 17 million people in Sri Lanka cast their votes in Saturday's election..Anura Kumara Dissanayake. National People's Power. Sri Lanka elections. Sri Lanka New President.

Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake has won Sri Lanka’s presidential election as voters rejected the old political guard that has been widely accused of pushing the nation toward economic ruin

Left-leaning politician Anura Kumara Dissanayake has won Sri Lanka’s presidential election after a historic second round of counting. No candidate won more than 50% of the total votes in the first round,

Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake is leading Sri Lanka’s presidential election after knocking out the incumbent liberal President Ranil Wickremesinghe from the race

Sri Lanka’s presidential election has headed into a run-off, with leftist outsider Anura Kumara Dissanayake leading the vote count but failing to pass the 50 per cent threshold needed for an outright victory in the south Asian country’s first election since it fell into default.