STORY: Sri Lankan police used tear gas and water cannons on protesters on Monday as hundreds protested outside Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa's residence in Tangalle, in the south of the country.

(Bloomberg) -- Sri Lanka began counting votes in a parliamentary election that will decide whether the nation’s outsider leftist president will be able to fulfill his ambitious pledges to combat ...

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The Sri Lankan parliament passed the electricity reform bill on June 6, as part of the restructuring of state-owned enterprises (SOE) demanded by the International ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankans voted in a parliamentary election Thursday that is key for the country's new, Marxist-leaning president to consolidate his party's power and follow through on ...

A day after a United States submarine torpedoed and sank an Iranian naval frigate near Sri Lanka’s southern coast, a second Iranian warship waited for hours just outside Sri Lanka’s territorial waters ...

COLOMBO — Sri Lanka’s political crisis descended into farce on Thursday with MPs throwing punches and projectiles in parliament, a day after voting the disputed prime minister out of office and ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena dissolved the Parliament loyal to his predecessor and called fresh elections in August in an attempt to consolidate power and carry ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankan lawmakers began a debate on the fate of country’s health minister on Wednesday, seeking to remove him over his alleged failure to secure enough essential drugs and ...

FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2010 file photo, Sri Lankan government minister Keheliya Rambukwella speaks during a press conference in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan lawmakers on Wednesday, Sept.6, 2023 ...