India-China factor in Lanka polls today
(WorldNews China)

Sri Lankans will elect a new President on Saturday in a `finely balanced` race between the early favourite, former defence chief Gotabaya Rajapaksa, and government minister Sajith Premadasa, who has gained momentum in recent weeks. The election comes amid a deep slump in the country following Easter Sunday attacks on hotels and churches by militants that killed over 250 people and sharpened tensions between majority Sinhalese and minority Muslims....