The Latest Breaking News from Colombo

A small tent camp in Sri Lankan city becomes focus of national protests

On a patch of grass near Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's office in the commercial capital Colombo, around two dozen tents have been erected in a small but growing camp that is becoming the focal point of national protests.

Reuters · Apr 13, 2022

Drugs running out, surgeries cancelled as Sri Lanka's health system buckles

Rosanne White was first diagnosed with cancer eight years ago and lost a kidney. After the cancer returned five years ago, an oncologist in Sri Lanka's commercial capital Colombo started her on Bevacizumab last May, a treatment she was responding to.

Reuters · Apr 12, 2022

Sri Lanka leaders defiant at home while scrambling for funds

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's leaders are showing no signs of stepping down in the face of mounting protests as the government ramps up efforts to find emergency funds to import essential goods and avoid an international default.

The Times of India · Apr 12, 2022

Sri Lanka can overcome economic crisis provided Central Bank is allowed to run independently: Governor

COLOMBO: Exuding confidence in overcoming the unprecedented economic crisis, the newly appointed Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Nandalal Weerasinghe said that one of the ways to overcome the current crisis situation is to allow the Central Bank to function independently.

The Times of India · Apr 10, 2022

Thousands in Sri Lanka insist Rajapaksa family quit politics

Protesters angry over a worsening economic crisis take aim at Sri Lanka’s all-powerful Rajapaksa family.

Al Jazeera · Apr 10, 2022

‘We’re finished’: Sri Lankans pushed to the brink by financial crisis

Thousands take to the streets to call for the resignation of president Gotabaya Rajapaksa

The Guardian - UK · Apr 9, 2022

No Sri Lankan, rich or poor, spared as economic crisis worsens

Savings evaporate, businesses face closure and the Sri Lankan poor struggle to eat as value of the rupee plummets.

Al Jazeera · Apr 8, 2022

Arjuna Ranatunga lauds PM Modi for helping Sri Lanka during economic crisis

COLOMBO (Sri Lanka): Former Sri Lanka cricketer and Minister Arjuna Ranatunga on Wednesday lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi for helping Sri Lanka amid its ongoing economic crisis.

The Times of India · Apr 6, 2022

Sri Lanka's president will not resign, despite protests - minister

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will not resign, a minister said on Wednesday, despite demonstrations against his handling of the country's worst economic crisis in decades and as doctors held street protests over a shortage of medicine.

Reuters · Apr 6, 2022

Sri Lanka president revokes emergency order, govt in disarray as economic crisis deepens

Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa revoked a state of emergency late on Tuesday after dozens of lawmakers walked out of the ruling coalition, leaving his government in a minority in parliament as it struggled to quell protests amid the country's worst economic crisis in decades.

Reuters · Apr 5, 2022