Sri Lanka is turning off street lights to save electricity, a minister said on Thursday, as its worst economic crisis in decades brought more power cuts and halted trading on its main stock market.

STORY: Businesses and market stalls rapidly shut up shop in Sri Lanka's main city Colombo on Thursday (May 12), as a curfew was reimposed following a few hours of respite. Local sellers say they are ...

Parties have erupted on the streets of Sri Lanka after the country’s president finally confirmed to resign. There were extraordinary scenes on Saturday when thousands stormed Gotabaya Rajapaksa ...

Anti-government protesters in Sri Lanka’s capital have demanded the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa as the country suffers its worst economic crisis within memory. Tens of thousands ...

THOUSANDS of people across Sri Lanka took to the streets yesterday after police opened fire at demonstrators on Tuesday, killing one person and injuring 13 others, reigniting widespread protests amid ...

Sri Lanka's main opposition party joined anti-government protesters on Friday in rejecting the appointment of a new prime minister and insisted the president resign to take responsibility for the ...

Sri Lanka woke on Sunday to an uncertain future, with both its President and Prime Minister set to step down after thousands of protesters stormed their homes in fury over the nation’s crippling ...

Sri Lanka’s economy was valued at $85.2 billion in 2021, holding steady from previous years in spite of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on tourism, one of its biggest contributors to earnings.

Anti-government protesters have called for President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to resign. Supporters of Sri Lanka’s main opposition burn placards during a protest outside the president’s office in ...

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka is turning off street lights to save electricity, a minister said on Thursday, as its worst economic crisis in decades brought more power cuts and halted trading on its main ...