Sri Lankan President Anurakumara Dissanayake addressing the Independence Day celebration in Colombo on February 4, 2025 [Photo: President's Media Division]. The government reduced the number of ...

At a commemorative at City Hall to mark Sri Lanka's 77th Independence Day, are from the left, Mark Murphy; City Councilwoman Rita Joseph, of Dr. Kadirawel Ishwara, Dr. Ishwara, Councilwoman ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Debt-stricken Sri Lanka marked its 77th independence anniversary on Tuesday with a military parade, while the country’s newly elected president, Anura Kumara ...

Dancers perform at the first City Council celebration of Sri Lankan Independence Day Monday, Feb.3, 2025. (Gerardo Romo / NYC Council Media Unit) ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Debt-stricken Sri Lanka marked its 77th independence anniversary on Tuesday with a military parade, while the country’s newly elected president, Anura Kumara ...

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, center, hoists the Sri Lankan national flag during the country's 77th Independence Day ceremony in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025.

Debt-stricken Sri Lanka marked its 77th independence anniversary with a military parade, while the country’s newly elected president, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, pledged to heal Sri Lanka’s ...

Debt-stricken Sri Lanka marked its 77th independence anniversary with a military parade, while the country’s newly elected president, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, pledged to heal Sri Lanka’s economic ...