COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The president of Sri Lanka fled the country early Wednesday, days after protesters stormed his home and office and the official residence of his prime minister amid a three ...

Sri Lanka’s acting president on Monday declared a state of emergency giving him broad authority amid growing protests demanding his resignation two days before the country’s lawmakers are set ...

Ranil Wickremesinghe, a canny political survivor with ties to the exiled former president, inherits a nation in deep crisis. By Emily Schmall and Mujib Mashal COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The election ...

In the summer of 2022, Pali Abeywickrama and his friends marched to the presidential palace during Sri Lanka’s popular anti-government uprising. They and thousands of others stormed Gotabaya ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The party of Sri Lanka’s new Marxist-leaning President Anura Kumara Dissanayake won a two-thirds majority in parliament, according to official election results Friday ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka will hold its presidential election on Sept. 21 in a crucial vote that will decide the future of the South Asian nation still struggling to recover from its ...

President Ranil Wickremesinghe's rally on ... the candidates are expected to publish their positions on efforts to chart Sri Lanka's way out of its financial crisis since running out of foreign ...