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As per some Sri Lankan media reports, President Ranil Wickremesinghe held a closed-door meeting with China’s Ambassador Qi Zhenhong after Colombo sought a deferment of the planned docking

The protests that drove Sri Lanka's president from office brought together people from across the country’s diverse and sometimes warring ethno-religious groups: Tamils, Muslims, Christians, Sinhala Buddhists and the saffron-robed Buddhist monks who are fixtures of the political scene

Sri Lanka is considering a restructure of local and sovereign debt, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Friday, as the island nation battles its worst financial crisis in its independent history.

Kayleigh Fraser, from St Andrews in Fife, was told to leave the country "immediately" by the company issuing her visa because authorities were investigating her.

New president Ranil Wickremesinghe is attempting to crush mass protests that forced out predecessor

Kayleigh Fraser, who is originally from St Andrews, Fife, claims she was told to hand over the travel document by six immigration officers, who turned up at her door on Tuesday.

Kayleigh Fraser, from St Andrews, has been posting on social media about the ongoing demonstrations in the country.

Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe said an interim budget will be presented to parliament in the first week of September, the president's media division said in a statement.

Arrest is part of an ongoing crackdown against people protesting against the government over island’s economic crisis.

An international human rights group says Sri Lanka’s government is using emergency laws to harass and arbitrarily detain protesters who are seeking political reform and accountability amid the island country’s economic crisis