Sri Lanka

The president’s office announced Tuesday that Sri Lanka will not extend a state of emergency imposed to quell anti-government rallies since the situation in the poor country has “settled.” Four days after his predecessor left the...

Despite worries from India and the United States on its activities, a Chinese research vessel reached Tuesday the southern port of Hambantota, which is controlled by China in Sri Lanka. According to port officials, the Yuan...

As his visa to Singapore expires, the deposed leader of Sri Lanka, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, is looking for a new safe haven in Thailand, according to a source from the Thai foreign ministry on Wednesday. On July...

Ranil Wickremesinghe, the country’s new leader, has officially asked lawmakers to join an all-party unity government that will enact difficult changes in an effort to rescue the nation’s failing economy, his office announced on Sunday. Wickremesinghe...

The country of Sri Lanka has a new prime minister senior MP Dinesh Gunawardena. At the President’s office on Friday, the 73-year-old lawmaker took the oath of office (July 22). Up until he assumed the position...

Ranil Wickremesinghe, the country of Sri Lanka’s acting president, has imposed a state of emergency that would last through Monday. According to a special gazette notice, Wickremesinghe proclaimed the emergency in the interests of public safety,...

According to a fund official, the IMF is hoping that the disturbance in Sri Lanka would end soon so that the aid negotiations that were put on hold can continue. Formal negotiations on a new loan...

The interim president of Sri Lanka, Ranil Wickremesinghe, has been sworn in. He will hold office until a successor is chosen. Daily Saber News. On Friday, Chief Justice Jayant Jayasuriya gave him the oath of office...

The speaker of parliament in crisis-hit Sri Lanka has accepted a resignation letter from President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, having verified its authenticity after it was flown from Singapore late on Thursday, he told reporters. “From this point,...

As soon as he arrived in Singapore on Thursday, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa sent an email announcing his resignation, according to a spokeswoman for the parliamentary speaker. Before being formally accepted, the resignation was being...