Sri Lanka president's group wins the parliamentary election with big majority

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's party and its allies won an overwhelming two-thirds majority in a parliamentary election, results showed today, giving him the power to enact sweeping changes to the Constitution.

The governing Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna and its allies had won 150 seats in the 225-member Parliament, according to the tally published by the Election Commission from Wednesday's vote...