Last week, regulators in cash-strapped Sri Lanka raised power prices by 15%. President Anura Dissanayake, who during his ...

The Marxist candidate, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, was elected president of Sri Lanka on Sunday, riding a wave of popular anger at the established political order that ran the South Asian nation’s ...

Sri Lanka's presidential flags are unique to each president, and the design changes every time a new leader assumes office. Five days later, Mr Rajapaksa fled the country and sent his resignation ...

Sri Lankan protesters were triumphant, the power was finally in their hands and the world was watching. On July 9, as thousands stormed the president's official residence – swimming in his pool ...

Protesters demanding the resignation of Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa swim in a pool inside the compound of Sri Lanka's Presidential Palace in Colombo on July 9, 2022. (Photo by AFP via ...

Protesters injured as Sri Lankan forces raid anti-government camp outside president's office. Activists stormed the president's home and office as well as the prime minister's residence in Colombo ...

Sri Lanka’s acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe has said the country’s previous administration was “covering up facts” about its crippling financial crisis.

Protesters in Sri Lanka defied tear gas, water cannons and a state of emergency to storm the prime minister's office on Wednesday after the country's embattled president fled overseas, with the ...

Sri Lankan president, prime minister to resign amid protests 01:27. Sri Lanka's embattled government declared a nationwide state of emergency on Wednesday in a bid to contain massive protests that ...

Years of growing tensions in Sri Lanka came to a breaking point last week when protesters forced their way into the home of the island’s president - taking over the roof, the rooms and even the ...

The president of Sri Lanka fled the country early Wednesday, July 13, 2022, days after protesters stormed his home and office and the official residence of his prime minister amid a three-month ...

The president of Sri Lanka fled, days after protesters stormed his home and office and the official residence of his prime minister amid a three-month economic crisis.