Former Maldives president to coordinate relief efforts for Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Thursday (19) appointed former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed…
PUCSL says no power cuts after 6 pm from May 22-June 1
ri Lanka’s power utility regulator, the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL), said it will not impose…
Burnt-out super cars and ransacked hotels are remains of fury
The unrest happened amid the country's worst economic crisis since independence from Britain in 1948, and has been…
Protesters include Tamil victims in war memorial
Sri Lankan protesters lit flames and offered prayers Wednesday (18) remembering thousands — including ethnic Tamil…
Sri Lanka faces ‘man-made’ food crisis as farmers stop planting
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s drive to make the country the world’s first to fully adopt organic agriculture – by…
SLPP nominee Ajith Rajapaksha elected deputy speaker
Parliament on Tuesday (17) elected government MP Ajith Rajapaksha as its deputy speaker by a 31-vote majority…
Two Govt. MPs arrested over Galle Face attack
Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Members of Parliament Sanath Nishantha and Milan Jayathilake, accused of being…
With gas pumps all but dry, Sri Lanka faces its ‘most difficult time’
Despite years of warnings that the ruling Rajapaksa family was mismanaging the country, the dizzying pace of Sri…
May 9 mayhem, accident waiting to happen
Local politicians handpicked more than two-thirds of officers in charge of police stations, a move that backfired…
Island-wide curfew reimposed from 11:00 p.m. Monday
The government announced a six-hour island-wide curfew from 11:00 p.m. Monday (16) to 5:00 a.m. Tuesday (17),…
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