Sri Lanka, an island of 22 million people, continues to be in the grip of its worst economic and political crisis since independence on 10 February 1948. Since April there have been protests ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka was in a political vacuum for a second day Monday with opposition leaders yet to agree on who should replace its roundly rejected leaders, whose residences are ...

In Brief. In 2022 Sri Lanka faced its deepest ever economic and political crisis. The country’s descent into chaos accelerated from March, sweeping away high-level bureaucrats and political leaders ...

Sri Lanka took to market-oriented economic reforms in 1978 for the same reasons India was forced to 12–13 years later. The reforms, however, proved a bane for the poor and the middle class and a ...

Sri Lanka’s economy is in a state of collapse, relying on aid from India and other countries as its leaders try to negotiate a bailout with the International Monetary Fund.

As Sri Lanka’s new President, how Dissanayake manages international relations, especially with India, is a subject of much discussion. Given Sri Lanka’s geographical location and close ties ...

Sri Lanka’s economic crisis, which intensified to an unprecedented level in early 2022, leading to the eruption of nationwide protests, demonstrations and strikes by workers and peasants over ...

Colombo, September 12. India, on Monday, voiced concern over the “lack of measurable progress” in Sri Lanka’s promised political solution to the long-pending Tamil national question, while ...

Political and economic uncertainty in Sri Lanka in 2022 and 2023 and fears of refugee inflow might have reduced the positive perception of the country too. It is also safe to argue that geopolitics ...

Two of the front-runners in Sri Lanka’s presidential election were the sons of former presidents. A third contender, the incumbent, was the nephew and political heir of yet another president.