More than three dozen candidates are vying to lead Sri Lanka out of an economic collapse that led to the 2022 ouster of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.

The economic collapse led to severe shortages of essentials like food, medicine, cooking gas and fuel, causing long lines and widespread public unrest. Protests escalated into riots, resulting in the occupation of key government buildings and the resignation of former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled the country amid the chaos.

A total of 38 candidates are vying for the top position in an election closely watched by both India and China due to the island nation's strategic significance. India, with traditional ties to Sri Lanka,

Sri Lanka is set to vote for a new president, marking the first presidential election since the country’s economic collapse in 2022

Just over two years since Sri Lanka's 'Aragalaya' uprising that deposed the nation's president, the movement that sparked the mass struggle is rallying behind Anura Kumara Dissanayake to lead the fight against corruption and revive a broken economy.

Both leading candidates in Sri Lanka's presidential election are promising to give land to the country’s hundreds of thousands of plantation workers, but the long-marginalized group has heard promises