Economic issues top the agenda as the island country of 22 million goes to the polls to elect its 10th president.

Voters in Sri Lanka will be choosing a new president while the country's economy is still reeling from bankruptcy. We don't need someone who will cheat us again, " Colombo resident Priyadarshini Guhan told DW.

Two years ago, tens of thousands of Sri Lankans rose up against their president and forced him to flee the country.