Sri Lanka will bat against Australia in the fifth one-day international in Colombo. Josh Inglis makes his ODI debut for Australia, replacing injured Travis Head. Shanaka announced three changes to the last game’s winning combination. Sri Lankan skipper Dasun Shanaka won the toss and elected to bat in the dead-rubber fifth one-day international against Australia … Read more
Sri Lanka’s minimum age for women working abroad reduced from 23 to 21. Sri Lanka is experiencing its greatest economic crisis since independence. Remittances from Sri Lankans working abroad have long been a significant source of foreign money for the country, bringing in approximately $7 billion each year. COLOMBO: The minimum age for women in … Read more
Sri Lanka is in grip of the worst economic crisis after running out of foreign currency. IMF begins negotiations with Colombo on the possible bailout. Students demand the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Sri Lanka stopped schools and suspended non-essential government activities, kicking off a two-week closure to conserve rapidly diminishing fuel reserves as the … Read more
Sri Lanka’s government would require at least $5 billion over the next six months to maintain basic living standards. The island nation is facing its worst economic downturn in seven decades. A lack of foreign exchange is preventing importation of crucial products such as fuel, medicine, and fertiliser. COLOMBO: Sri Lanka cash-strapped government would require … Read more
Mitchell Marsh believes for the first time in his career that he can compete with the greatest in the world. And the change is palpable after ten years of international cricket. Marsh’s first international match since helping Australia win the T20 World Cup last year will be against Sri Lanka in Colombo on Tuesday. Since … Read more
Russia files diplomatic protest over detention of Aeroflot plane at Sri Lanka’s Bandaranaike International Airport. Aircraft was brought to a halt by Colombo Commercial Court following a commercial dispute. 191 passengers and 13 crew were on board flight SU289 from Moscow. When Russia registered a diplomatic protest over the move, Sri Lanka main airport denied … Read more
Australia’s cricketers hope to bring “joy” to Sri Lanka, says Aaron Finch. Seven-week tour comes at a time of economic crisis for island nation. Australia last toured Sri Lanka in 2016. Australia’s cricketers hope to bring some “joy” to Sri Lanka, white-ball captain Aaron Finch said on Friday, as the island nation prepares for a … Read more
Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court suspended a presidential pardon for a murderer associated with the ruling Rajapaksa family on Tuesday, ordering his immediate return to prison, In a landmark decision, A three-judge bench ordered the arrest of Duminda Silva, who was sentenced to death for a 2011 murder but was released in June after President Gotabaya … Read more
Police fired tear gas to disperse lots of college students looking to hurricane the Sri Lankan president’s domestic Sunday because the authorities provided an olive branch to demonstrators disturbing his resignation. Anti-revolt squads used water cannons accompanied via tear fuel, as protesters pulled down yellow iron barricades across an avenue leading to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s … Read more
The IMF stated Thursday it is committed to helping crisis-battered Sri Lanka, however, any useful resource software will be contingent on ensuring the country’s unsustainable debt can be managed. The cash-strapped South Asian country of 22 million people is dealing with its worst crisis given that independence: it has suffered months of dire shortages of … Read more
COLOMBO: Eight more cabinet members were sworn in before Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Monday as a new administration being created in the wake of weeks of political unrest and economic catastrophe. The eight ministers took their oaths at the President’s House in Colombo, according to the President’s Media Division, and then went on … Read more
Cash-strapped Sri Lanka appointed nine new ministers on Friday to an “all-party government” tasked with guiding the country out of its economic crisis, but the critical finance portfolio remains vacant. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe took over earlier this month after the president’s elder brother, Mahinda Rajapaksa, resigned amid escalating protests accusing his administration of driving … Read more
For the first time beyond the minority’s homeland in the north and east of the country, thousands of Tamils killed in Sri Lanka’s decades-long separatist war were honored on Wednesday. Clergy from Buddhist, Hindu and Christian communities offered prayers in Colombo and lit a clay lamp for those who perished between 1972 and May 2009 … Read more
Sri Lanka’s beleaguered president avoided a censure motion On Tuesday after his fractured coalition rallied to postpone a resolution blaming him for the country’s worst economic crisis. The shaky coalition of Gotabaya Rajapaksa voted against taking up the unprecedented “displeasure of parliament” motion. The main opposition Tamil party, the Tamil National Alliance, proposed the non-binding … Read more
The new prime minister of Sri Lanka won crucial support from the island’s two main opposition parties on Monday, relieving pressure on the ruling Rajapaksa clan in the face of the island’s worsening economic crisis. The main opposition SJB party appeared to abandon its demand that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa resigns before joining a coalition to … Read more
Sri Lanka named the first ministers of a “unity” government tasked with rescuing the country from a crippling economic crisis, but which has so far failed to gain opposition support. Ranil Wickremesinghe, who was appointed Prime Minister on Thursday, has attempted to form a cross-party coalition to begin repairing the island nation’s shattered finances. However, … Read more
COLOMBO: A Sri Lankan court on Thursday barred former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, his politician son Namal, and 15 of their associates from leaving the country due to acts of violence against anti-government protesters. The magistrate in Colombo’s capital has also urged police to look into mob attacks on peaceful protestors on Monday, which resulted … Read more
Soldiers stood behind wrought-iron barricades and next to burned-out buses in the heart of Sri Lanka’s capital, Colombo, on Wednesday, guarding nearly deserted streets following a flurry of fatal battles. Troops halted the occasional car as it drove by long rows of closed stores, casting watchful glances over its passengers as they enforced a statewide … Read more
Soldiers stood behind wrought-iron barricades and next to burned-out buses in the heart of Sri Lanka’s capital, Colombo, on Wednesday, guarding nearly deserted streets following a flurry of fatal battles. Troops halted the occasional car as it drove by long rows of closed stores, casting watchful glances over its passengers as they enforced a statewide … Read more
Sri Lanka deployed thousands of troops and police on Tuesday to enforce a curfew after five people were killed in the worst violence in weeks of protests over an unprecedented economic crisis. Nearly 200 people were also injured on Monday when Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned, but this did little to quell public outrage. He … Read more
A mob beat a top Sri Lankan police officer and set fire to his vehicle near the prime minister’s official residence in Colombo on Tuesday, according to authorities. The highest-ranking officer in Colombo, Senior Deputy Inspector-General Deshabandu Tennakoon, “required emergency treatment and has returned home,” according to a senior police official. He said that reinforcements … Read more
After five people were killed in the deadliest violence in weeks of protests over an unprecedented economic crisis, Sri Lanka deployed hundreds of army and police on Tuesday to enforce a curfew. Nearly 200 people were also injured on Monday, when Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned, although this did nothing to quell popular outrage. The … Read more
During a dispute outside the capital, a legislator from Sri Lanka’s ruling party shot and killed an anti-government demonstrator before killing himself, authorities said Monday. Amarakeerthi Athukorala opened fire in the town of Nittambuwa, seriously wounding two persons who were obstructing his car, police said, adding that one of the victims died as a result … Read more
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka resigned on Monday following a day of violence that saw three people murdered, including an MP, and over 150 people injured as government supporters wielding sticks and clubs attacked protestors. After being mobbed by a throng of anti-government protestors outside the city, ruling party lawmaker Amarakeerthi Athukorala shot … Read more
Boos and heckles greeted Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa Sunday on his first public trip on account that nationwide protests erupted traumatic his ruling own family resign over the worsening financial crisis. Months of blackouts and acute shortages of food, fuel, and medicines have caused big struggles throughout the South Asian island in its … Read more
Sri Lanka’s major attorneys’ group urged the president on Saturday to lift the state of emergency imposed after a countrywide strike brought the already bankrupt country to a halt. Months of blackouts and acute food, fuel, and medicine shortages have caused widespread hardship across the South Asian island nation, which is experiencing its worst economic … Read more
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s bus and train networks were shut down, and businesses and industries were shuttered as part of a statewide strike calling for the government’s resignation as the island’s economic situation worsened. Months of outages and severe shortages of food, gasoline, and medications have caused extensive devastation across the South Asian island country. The … Read more
A top Sri Lankan police officer turned into arrested Wednesday after ordering his subordinates to fire on anti-government protesters, in clashes that left one man lifeless and almost 30 others wounded. Last week’s demonstration inside the city of Rambukkana turned into one among many around the country protesting an upward push in fuel expenses inside the … Read more
