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

Voters in Sri Lanka will be choosing a new president while the country's economy is still reeling from bankruptcy. With ...

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

(AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, File) Girls display their arms painted with messages “Ranil Go Home’ referring to Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe at a protest site in Colombo, Sri Lanka, ...

which provoked mass protests and forced the former pre... COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Sri Lanka will hold its presidential election on Sept. 21 in a crucial vote that will decide the future of the South ...

Colombo, Sept 5 (newsin.asia) – Sri Lankan MPs, loyal to former President Mahinda Rajapakse, on Wednesday prepared to take part in a massive protest rally in capital Colombo, with businesses, shops ...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lankan opposition lawmakers from the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) staged a protest in parliament ... in Value-Added Tax (VAT) in Sri Lanka's 2024 budget has sparked ...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lankan opposition lawmakers from the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) staged a protest in parliament on Tuesday ... The recent hike in Value-Added Tax (VAT) in Sri Lanka's 2024 ...

had been involved in protests over issues such as enforced disappearances. In May, Human Rights Watch met with relatives of disappeared people throughout north and east Sri Lanka, mostly the wives ...

At first glance, this appears to be Sri Lanka’s strategy too. Since the crisis in 2022, which saw a sitting president being unseated by angry protesters over queues for and shortages of basic ...

Political analysts say JVP’s strong anti-corruption stance has helped to draw public support after the 2022 economic crisis and Bangladesh-style mass protests. Sri Lanka’s economy and rupee collapsed ...

Protesters blamed Rajapaksa for an economic collapse that ... will not seek to punish anyone accused of human rights violations and war crimes during Sri Lanka’s brutal 26-year civil war. He said he ...