投稿者: Reuters in Colombo
Second-round victory viewed as widespread rejection of the old political elite amid economic crisisThe Marxist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake has won Sri Lanka’s presidential election, in what was viewed as a widespread rejection of the old political …
New president has been approached to provide security for predecessor who fled country amid economic crisis Sri Lanka’s ruling party has asked the country’s new president to provide security and other assistance for his predecessor, who fled to south-e…
A win for acting president Ranil Wickremesinghe could spark more protests by people furious with ruling elite over crippling shortagesSri Lanka’s parliament will choose between three candidates for president on Wednesday, hoping the new leader will be …
Legislators set to choose within a week after former president flees to Singapore to escape anti-government protestsSri Lanka’s parliament began meeting on Saturday to begin the process of electing a new president, as a shipment of fuel arrived to prov…
Police are imposing nationwide curfew following violence at protest site in ColomboSri Lanka’s prime minister, Mahinda Rajapaksa, has resigned after months of protests over the country’s deepening economic crisis, as once-peaceful protests turned turne…
Navy tugboats and helicopters monitor wreckage as green film surrounds chemical-laden vesselSri Lankan officials have begun preparing for a potentially devastating oil spill after a cargo ship carrying toxic chemicals caught fire off the coast and sank…
Government suspends fishing along 50-mile coastline after explosion and fireA cargo ship carrying tonnes of chemicals has sunk off Sri Lanka’s west coast, and tonnes of plastic pellets have fouled the country’s rich fishing waters in one of its worst m…