Year Ender: Sri Lanka witnesses economic, political crisis and mass protests in 2022

Dec 18, 2022

People of Sri Lanka demanded the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa as they blamed their government for the mismanagement...

Sri Lanka PM resigns, recommends all-party interim government

May 09, 2022

Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 9 : Sri Lanka Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, who tendered his resignation on Monday, has recommended the formation of an...

Sri Lanka: Opposition to bring no-confidence motion against Mahinda Rajapaksa government

May 01, 2022

Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 1 : Amid the ongoing economic crisis and the large scale public anger against the ruling government, Sri Lanka's leader...

Sri Lanka: 12 protesters arrested near Parliament

May 04, 2022

Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 4 : At least 12 persons were arrested for protesting near the Parliament in Colombo for supporting the no-confidence motion...

Canada imposes sanctions on Sri Lankan officials including Rajapaksa brothers for human rights violations

Jan 10, 2023

Canada has imposed sanctions against four Sri Lankan state officials including former Presidents Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Mahinda Rajapaksa for "gross and systematic violations of...

Sri Lankan SC extends travel ban on Mahinda Rajapaksa, Basil Rajapaksa

Aug 10, 2022

Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 11 : Sri Lankan Supreme Court on Wednesday extended the travel ban imposed on the country's former Prime Minister Mahinda...