Sri Lanka

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...

After protestors stormed his office on Wednesday, Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe ordered the military to take “whatever action is necessary to restore order.” President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who has left the country, has appointed Mr....

A large throng attempted to attack the Sri Lankan president’s seafront office on Tuesday, enraged by the island’s greatest financial crisis in recent history, which has resulted in skyrocketing costs. Long lines at petrol stations and...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned Sri Lanka on Thursday that its foreign debt was “unsustainable,” and that the country’s economy needed to be devalued and taxes raised to avoid bankruptcy. The pandemic pushed the South...

Sri Lanka’s public transport was crippled on Wednesday as buses ran out of diesel, officials said as the country’s foreign exchange crisis worsened with no dollars to import fuel. The Private Bus Owners’ Association said they...