The Bill to abolish pensions for former Presidents and MPs will be passed very soon, said Fisheries, Aquatic and Ocean Resources Minister Ramalingam Chandrasekar.

People in Sri Lanka have endured months of food and fuel shortages — the island nation's worst economic crisis in decades. The prime minister tendered his resignation amid violent protests.

When former justice minister Ali Sabry visited Sri Lanka's president last Monday, it was for talks amid an economic crisis that has brought thousands of protesters on to the street and left the ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena sacked the country's prime minister and his Cabinet and replaced him with a former strongman, creating what some observers ...

Sri Lanka's disputed prime minister resigned on Saturday, saying he wanted to end a long political impasse over his appointment and allow the president to form a new government.

Sri Lanka has been in crisis since October 26 when President Maithripala Sirisena ousted Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and appointed Rajapaksa – a two-time former President – to take his ...

An outspoken Sri Lankan opposition politician was jailed Tuesday for four years over his remarks alleging the majority of judges in the South Asian nation were corrupt. Ranjan Ramanayake, a deputy ...

Sri Lanka’s ousted prime minister was ... who had declared that he would not remain in office “for even one hour” if his former ally returned as prime minister. In 2015, Sirisena, a former ...

Sri Lanka's top court on Friday barred former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and former Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa from leaving the country without permission until July 28, anti ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s president on Wednesday promised to appoint a new prime minister, empower the Parliament and abolish the all-powerful executive presidential system … ...

COLOMBO (AFP): A Sri Lankan court sentenced on Thursday two former ministers from the government of deposed president Gotabaya Rajapaksa to decades in prison in a landmark corruption case. Ex ...

Sri Lanka has been in crisis since October 26 when President Maithripala Sirisena ousted Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and appointed Rajapaksa – a two-time former President – to take his ...