Sri Lanka PM summons urgent cabinet meeting after President flees
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankan protesters demanding President Gotabaya Rajapaksa resign forced their way into his official residenceContinue Reading
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Situation Report: Watch Sri Lanka lifts curfew after fierce opposition to illegal move, protesters gather in Colombo for massive rally
Sri Lanka on Saturday lifted the “police curfew” imposed Friday night, after the political opposition, lawyers, and rights groups fiercelyContinue Reading
Live: Tear Gas fired on Colombo march protesters
The police have fired tear gas and water cannons at the Inter-University Student’s Federation (IUSF) protestors at the entrance ofContinue Reading
Sri Lanka hikes interest rates, warns trouble ahead
Cash-strapped Sri Lanka raised interest rates one percentage point Friday, the second sharp hike in three months, as the centralContinue Reading
Sri Lanka president asks Russia’s Vladimir Putin to help import fuel
COLOMBO (Reuters) — Sri Lanka’s president on Wednesday said he urged Russian leader Vladimir Putin to help his cash-strapped island nation import fuelContinue Reading
Sri Lankans Return To Cooking With Firewood As Economy Burns
As once relatively wealthy Sri Lanka suffers a dire economic crisis with shortages of everything from medicines to gas, peopleContinue Reading
Sri Lanka PM says talks with IMF difficult due to bankruptcy
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Sri Lanka’s negotiations with the International Monetary Fund are more complex and difficult than in the pastContinue Reading
Watch: ’2023 is going to be difficult, by 2024 things should pick up’- Sri Lanka PM on Al Jazeera
Ranil Wickremesinghe, prime minister of crisis-hit Sri Lanka, has said he is confident he can turn the economy around –Continue Reading
Lanka grinds to a halt as fuel reserves shrink
(AFP)-Sri Lanka has less than a day’s worth of fuel left, the energy minister said on Sunday, with public transportContinue Reading
Galloping inflation forces Sri Lankan households to cut back on meals
COLOMBO, July 1 (Reuters) – With an out of work husband, housewife Sujeewa Nelum Perera is all too familiar withContinue Reading
