Colombo, May 28 (PTI) Sri Lankan police on Saturday fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse anti-government protestors here as the ongoing agitation demanding the resignation of President Gotabaya…
Colombo, May 19 (PTI) Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Thursday accepted a generous offer from Maldivian Speaker Mohamed Nasheed to assist the debt-ridden island nation's bid to secure…
Colombo, May 16 (PTI) Sri Lanka's new Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Monday said he proposed to privatise the national carrier SriLankan Airlnes as part of his plan to help…
Colombo, May 15 (PTI) In an unusual move, Sri Lanka's new Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has extended public support to the protesters, who have been camping at a popular beachfront…
By Uditha Jayasinghe and Alasdair Pal COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lanka's main opposition party joined anti-government protesters on Friday in rejecting the appointment of a new prime minister and insisted the…
By Uditha Jayasinghe and Alasdair Pal COLOMBO (Reuters) - Ranil Wickremesinghe, Sri Lanka's new prime minister, is no stranger to politics. This is the sixth time the opposition lawmaker has…
Colombo, May 12 (PTI) A Sri Lankan court on Thursday imposed a ban on overseas travel on former prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, his son and MP Namal Rajapaksa and 15…
Colombo, May 12 (PTI) Sri Lanka’s former prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, who has just one seat in the 225-member Parliament, could be sworn-in as the next premier on Thursday, amidst…
Colombo, May 11 (PTI) Sri Lanka's embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Wednesday said he will appoint a new Prime Minister and a young Cabinet this week which would introduce constitutional…
By Alasdair Pal and Uditha Jayasinghe WEERAKETIYA, Sri Lanka (Reuters) - His beloved villa has been daubed in graffiti by protesters, and a museum dedicated to his father ransacked. Now…
By Alasdair Pal and Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) - On Monday morning, hundreds of supporters gathered at the prime minister's official residence in Sri Lanka's commercial capital of Colombo where…
Colombo, May 10 (PTI) A protest began in front of Sri Lanka’s Trincomalee Naval Base on Tuesday after reports emerged that former prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and some of his…