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How a band of activists helped bring down Sri Lanka's government
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCOLOMBO (Reuters) -In June, a few dozen activists started meeting regularly at a seaside tented camp...
Sri Lanka president to step down, parliamentary speaker says, amid storm of protests
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCOLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa plans to step down, the country's...
India says it will protect its interests as Chinese boat heads to Sri Lanka
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNEW DELHI/COLOMBO (Reuters) -India, which is trying to expand its influence in crisis-hit Sri Lanka...
Sri Lanka president expected to keep finance portfolio - source
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCOLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe is expected to keep the finance...
Maldives will return Indian military as soon as possible, says incoming president
Reuters via AOL· 8 months agoCOLOMBO (Reuters) -Maldives will work to return Indian military personnel from its shores "as soon...
Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa's resignation letter to be flown in from Singapore -source
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCOLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's original resignation letter will be...
Sri Lanka police arrest nine people after raid at protest camp
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCOLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka police on Friday arrested nine people after troops raided a protest...
Rights group seeks arrest of former Sri Lanka president Rajapaksa in Singapore
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCOLOMBO (Reuters) -A rights group documenting alleged abuses in Sri Lanka has filed a criminal...
Crisis-hit Sri Lanka swears in new prime minister
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBy Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) - Senior Sri Lankan lawmaker Dinesh Gunawardena was sworn in on Friday as the new prime minister, his office said,...
India foreign minister visits Sri Lanka with stronger ties, China in focus
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCOLOMBO (Reuters) -India's foreign minister arrives in Colombo on Thursday following his country's...