COLOMBO, July 13 — Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country early on Wednesday, two sources told Reuters, hours before he was due to...
COLOMBO, July 12 — Sri Lanka’s parliament will elect a new president on July 20, its speaker said on Monday, after protesters stormed the residences...
PUTRAJAYA, July 11 — Malaysians intending to visit Sri Lanka have been advised to defer non-essential travel for the time being following public unrest in...
COLOMBO, June 28 — Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Monday instructed officials to import fuel immediately, Xinhua news agency reported. The President’s Media Division...
KUALA LUMPUR, May 10 — Malaysia’s High Commission in Sri Lanka has advised Malaysians residing in the island nation to be cautious and always adhere...
COLOMBO, April 29 — Domestic debt in the form of government securities and development bonds will not be restructured as restructuring external debt is a...
ANKARA, April 6 — Sri Lanka’s president has revoked a state of emergency previously declared in the island nation, according to the country’s Official Gazette...
COLOMBO, April 2 — Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has declared a public emergency as the country faced a severe power crisis and rising inflation,...
COLOMBO/MUMBAI, April 6 — Sri Lanka on Monday banned imports of palm oil and new palm plantations and told producers to uproot existing plantations in...
COLOMBO, Aug 7 — Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s party and its allies won an overwhelming two-thirds majority in a parliament election, results showed on...
COLOMBO, Aug 5 — Sri Lankans lined up before polling stations opened on Wednesday, wearing masks and social distancing, to elect a new parliament that...