Can you talk us through the latest events? What happened in Sri Lanka was really quite revolutionary. For the first time in the country’s history, you had a president resign – and in the most ...

Torrential downpours and high winds struck large parts of the island nation as Cyclone Ditwah churned northwest toward India.

Sri Lanka's embattled government declared a nationwide state of emergency on Wednesday in a bid to contain massive protests that continued after the country's president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, fled to ...

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Jayadeva Uyangoda, emeritus professor of political science at the University of Colombo, spoke to Amit Baruah about the ...

Sri Lanka, an island of 22 million people, continues to be in the grip of its worst economic and political crisis since independence on 10 February 1948. Since April there have been protests against ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A political vacuum continues in Sri Lanka, with opposition leaders yet to agree on who should replace its roundly rejected leaders, whose residences are occupied by ...

The Malaiyaham 200 conference was held last month in Nuwara Eliya in central Sri Lanka to mark 200 years since Tamil workers were brought from southern India as indentured labour for the tea ...

A cadet walks in front of the Sri Lankan president’s official residence on Friday after it was overrun by protesters last weekend - Copyright POOL/AFP SONNY ...

In this Aug. 11, 2019, file photo, former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, left, and former Defense Secretary and his brother Gotabaya Rajapaksa wave to supporters during a party convention ...

As Sri Lanka faces its worst economic crisis since independence, it is high time – not just for the Sri Lankan political elite, but the world at large – to reflect upon how the country got here.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka was in a political vacuum for a second day Monday with opposition leaders yet to agree on who should replace its roundly rejected leaders, whose residences are occupied ...