The Latest Breaking News from Sri Lanka

The holiday company says it will be contacting all impacted customers

Pat Cummins reflected on Australia’s time in Sri Lanka.

Investors are shifting their focus to Sri Lanka’s bilateral creditors as the resignations of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe dim prospects for rapid aid from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

More holiday cancellations are to come

Sri Lanka’s leaders have agreed that lawmakers will elect a new president next week but are struggling to decide on the makeup of a new government to lead the bankrupt country out of a economic and political collapse

Protesters reject an all-party government, saying it will be a way for the powerful clan to remain in power.

Rajapaksa, 73, and his wife boarded a special air force flight bound for the Maldives, local officials have said

On July 9, 2022, thousands of Sri Lankans, exasperated by the country's economic crisis, stormed the residence of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and other places linked to power. The situation is still uncertain in the country, but the movement is ongoing: in the capital, Colombo, protesters have turned several of these…

According to experts, the technical landing of foreign carriers is also a breather for the airports which are facing financial crunch due to the pandemic.