Voting has ended Saturday in Sri Lanka's presidential election as the country seeks to recover from the worst economic crisis in its history and the resulting political upheaval. The election, contested by 38 candidates,

Roughly 17 million Sri Lankans are heading to the polls in the first election since one of the country’s worst financial meltdowns, with meaningful repercussions for its economic recovery. After the nation’s debt default in 2022,

Millions of Sri Lankans cast their votes on Saturday to select a new president who will face the task of cementing the South Asian country's fragile economic recovery following its worst financial crisis in decades.