Sri Lanka crisis

Colombo: Days after protesters stormed the presidential palace demanding his resignation, Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Thursday sent his resignation letter through an email to the Parliament Speaker. Rajapaksa, who fled Sri…

Colombo: Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who had fled to the Maldives, on Thursday took a Saudi Airlines plane that will take him and his wife to Singapore and then Saudi Arabia, a Maldives government officials said on condition of…

Sri Lanka: Fearing backlash from civilians, Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has requested the Maldives government to arrange a private jet to fly him to Singapore, government sources in Maldives have said. Mr Rajapaksa had fled to…

Sri Lanka continues to witness political crisis hours after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled to Maldives on a day he is supposed to resign and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe took over as acting president declaring a state of…

Maldives: Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who is expected to resign today, arrived in Maldives early this morning following massive protests against him. He was received by Maldivian government officials at the Velana airport in…

Colombo: Basil Rajapaksa, Sri Lanka's former finance minister, tried to flee to Dubai amid the wave of protests in the country but had to stay back after people at the airport identified him and immigration officers refused to clear his…

Colombo: Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has informed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe that he will resign on July 13 as previously announced, the prime minister's office said on Monday. The parliamentary speaker earlier said…

Colombo : The Indian High Commission in Sri Lanka on Sunday categorically dismissed "speculative media reports" about New Delhi sending its troops to Colombo as the protesters stormed into President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's official home and…

Sri Lanka: Ministers Harin Fernando And Manusha Nanayakkara have resigned amongst the public unrest in the country. The citizens of Sri Lanka are infuriated with the economic crisis in the country, the people are demanding a better state of…

The anti-government protesters barged into the private residence of Sri Lanka Prime Minister Ranil Wickeremesinghe and set it ablaze. The PM's office also issued a statement in this regard. The private residence of Ranil Wickeremesinghe,…