Days after Rajapaksa fled the country, Sri Lanka’s parliament replaced him with then-prime minister Ranil Wickremensignhe in a vote that many protesters saw as a victory for the status quo.

Sri Lanka’s President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Sunday (Nov ... would return lands taken by the archaeology and forestry ...

Gotabaya Rajapaksa has fled Sri Lanka ahead of his expected resignation as president President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has fled Sri Lanka on a military jet, amid mass protests over the island's ...

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka has generally seen anti-Indian sentiment rise close to its elections, but this has been notably ...

In Sri Lanka, military has taken control of the presidential secretariat in Colombo after brutally assaulting the protesters. Soldiers also destroyed tents at the adjacent GotaGoGama protest site, ...

Sri Lanka deployed troops and increased police ... deployed in the area to step up patrols and man roadblocks, he said. Protests by local Muslim groups against Israel's fighting of Iran-backed ...

The US embassy in Sri Lanka has issued a warning of a potential attack on the popular surfing spot Arugam Bay, prompting enhanced security for tourist ...

Less than a fortnight after Sri Lanka elected a new president, Anura Kumar Dissanayake, Tamil women gathered to observe International Children’s Day (1 October) — a day of mourning for their loved ...

COLOMBO — The economic and political upheavals Sri Lanka has faced in recent years, including its 2022 debt default and the mass protests that ousted former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, serve as a ...

Sri Lanka has just elected Marxist-leaning Mr Dissanayake ... There are many people who took part in public protests who carry the aspirations of those protests. They wanted change and we are ...

Protests by local Muslim groups against Israel ... There have been no attacks in Sri Lanka since the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that killed 279 people, including 45 foreign nationals.

Human rights in Sri Lanka remain at serious risk in the face ... The police have suppressed protests against inequity, corruption, and lack of accountability for past abuses.