Sri Lanka
New Lanka PM Wickremesinghe wants to privatise SriLankan Airlines as part of steps to revive economy
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…
Pakistan will ‘turn into Sri Lanka’ if Imran Khan is arrested: Sheikh Rasheed
Islamabad, May 16 (PTI) Pakistan will "turn into Sri Lanka" if former prime minister Imran Khan is arrested and the new government will be responsible for that, former interior minister…
Sri Lanka says it is probing Indian media report on LTTE planning attack on May 18
Colombo, May 15 (PTI) Sri Lanka on Sunday said it is taking all further steps to strengthen the security of the country as it investigates the report published in Indian…
Sri Lanka’s new PM extends support to protesters demanding President Rajapaksa’s resignation
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…
Sri Lanka opposition, protesters push anti-govt campaign despite new PM
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…
He’s back: Wickremesinghe named Sri Lankan PM for 6th time amid crisis
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…
Sri Lankan court imposes overseas travel ban on former PM Mahinda Rajapaksa, 16 others
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…
Lanka’s ex-PM Wickremesinghe, with 1 seat in Parliament, may return to premiership
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…
Sri Lankan President says he will appoint new PM this week as army marches on streets of Colombo
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…
Sri Lanka’s ruling family in fight for survival as crisis worsens
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…
‘Lanka’s ex-PM and once strongman Mahinda Rajapaksa being protected at Trincomalee naval base’
Colombo, May 11 (PTI) Sri Lanka’s ex-Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa is being protected at the Trincomalee naval base, Defence Secretary Kamal Guneratne said on Wednesday, two days after the country…
The meeting, then the mob. A ‘turning point’ in Sri Lankan crisis
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…
