Sri Lankan government in May last year declared a debt default on over USD 51 billion in the foreign loan - a first in the country's history.
Ranil Wickremesinghe will be criticised whatever he does regarding Gotabaya Rajapaksa. While the popular opinion would want Gotabaya to face trial for his misdeeds, Gotabaya loyalists would want Wickremesinghe to give...
If we lift the burning veil of current affairs can we still steal a glimpse of the picturesque and leafy island? Arijit Ghosh writes about the emerald island, Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka’s former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, 73, was ousted in a popular uprising against him in July this year following months of street protests that called for his resignation.
Thee talks are part of Ranil Wickremesinghe's efforts to establish trust in his administration and help drive Sri Lanka out of its worst financial crisis.
New Sri Lankan Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena has earlier served as foreign minister, education minister, and home minister.
Each country does what's best for its self-interest. Colombo’s decision to allow the Chinese vessel to dock in Hambantota port has to be seen in this light. Sri Lanka needs both India and China.
The diesel and petrol retail prices have been reduced by Rupees 20 each. Both had been raised by Rs 50 and 60 at the end of May
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and main Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa are among the four presidential candidates.
Despite being one of the oldest liberalized economies in South Asia, Sri Lanka’s simmering political crisis is rooted in an economic crisis. Rebuilding the...
But it is not all gloom and doom in Sri Lanka. The months of protests have awakened citizens to the dangers of unbridled support for political leaders. Now...
The petition comes amid reports, rejected by Sri Lankan government, that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa left the country as his location remains unknown.
The decision to hike the prices was taken due to an increase in price of a kilogramme of wheat flour by Rs 32 on Monday, Sri Lanka's Daily Mirror news website...
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's whereabouts are unknown since Friday, but sources tell PTI he is speculated to be at a Sri Lanka Naval facility.
Demonstrators, who have been protesting outside the President’s office for the past few months, stormed inside the premises and were reportedly seen jumping...
Earlier on Saturday, thousands of protesters stormed the President's House and Presidential Secretariat and occupied these buildings.
Earlier on Saturday, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's residence was stormed and occupied by protesters. He is at an unknown location.
Sri Lanka is ready to turn the page on the Rajapaksa family, which was once feted and admired by the Sinhala-Buddhist majority of the country.
However, Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had already vacated the premises before the protests began in Colombo.
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, who took office in May, was emphasising the monumental task he faces in turning around an economy he said is heading for...
Russian state companies are reportedly giving crude oil at lower prices to countries that can afford to pay.
Sri Lanka PM Ranil Wickremesinghe also said a team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) would visit the country on June 20 and hoped that a staff-level...
Sri Lanka Crisis: United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) response came after PM Ranil Wickremesinghe had warned of a food crisis in the island...
PM Ranil Wickremesinghe's 21st Amendment will annul the 20th Amendment that gives unfettered powers to Sri Lankan President.
The protest occupying the entrance to Gotabaya's office to demand his resignation entered its 50th day on Saturday.
