Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from Eranga Jayawardena

Sri Lanka to get first tranche of $2.9bn bailout in two days: IMF

Global lender says island nation battling its worst economic crisis in seven decades will get $330m in next two days.

Al Jazeera

Half of Sri Lanka families reducing children food intake: Charity

Government and global community must act to prevent children from ‘becoming a lost generation’, warns Save the Children.

Al Jazeera

Taking over the Sri Lankan presidential palace was a high point for Wasantha. Then came six months of horror

This 29-year-old spearheaded a protest movement that toppled Sri Lanka's government. But after his triumphant moment, Wasantha was taken into a feared detention system where prisoners have been tortured and killed.

ABC News

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Behind the Lens: The Sri Lanka presidential palace, overrun

Associated Press photographers talk about their 2022 assignments, and share some of the stories behind the images.

The Independent UK

Sri Lanka's ousted president returns home after fleeing

Sri Lanka's former president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, fled the country in July after tens of thousands of protesters stormed his home and office in a display of anger over the country's economic crisis.

WEKU

IMF set to provide $2.9 billion to help crisis-hit Sri Lanka

The International Monetary Fund will provide Sri Lanka $2.9 billion over four years to help salvage the country from its worst economic crisis under a preliminary agreement the agency announced

WEKU

Sri Lanka’s parliament approves state of emergency

Sri Lanka’s parliament has approved a state of emergency that had been declared by President Ranil Wickremesinghe as his government cracks down on demonstrators it accuses of violence while trying to find a way out of the country’s worst economic crisis.

Irish Independent

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Rights groups are urging Sri Lanka not to use force against protesters

Groups are urging the new president to order security forces to cease use of force against protesters who have been demonstrating against the government over the economic crisis.

WEKU

Human rights groups condemn ‘shameful’ treatment of Sri Lankan protesters

International human rights groups are urging Sri Lanka’s new president to immediately order security forces to cease all unlawful use of force against protesters who have been demonstrating against the government for months over the country’s economic meltdown.

Irish Independent

Ally of ousted PM named as Sri Lanka’s new leader as police clear protest site

An ally of the Rajapaksa political family has been appointed as Sri Lanka’s new prime minister, hours after security forces cleared the main protest site occupied for months by demonstrators angry at the Rajapaksas over the country’s economic collapse.

Irish Independent

Sri Lanka has a new president, but here's why many continue to protest

Sri Lanka's parliament elected longtime politician Ranil Wickremesinghe as the country's new president in a secret ballot on Wednesday. Here's what led to this moment.

WEKU

Six-time PM Ranil Wickremesinghe elected president in crisis-hit Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan legislators have chosen six-time prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as president to succeed the ousted leader who fled the country, in a vote that risks reigniting political turmoil in the troubled South Asian island nation.

Irish Independent

Sri Lanka’s acting leader to face two rivals in vote for president

Sri Lanka’s prime minister and acting president Ranil Wickremesinghe will face two rivals in a parliamentary vote on who will succeed the country’s ousted leader who fled the island last week.

Irish Independent

Sri Lanka begins choosing leader to replace exiled ex-president Rajapaksa

Sri Lankan legislators have met to begin choosing a new leader to serve the rest of the term abandoned by the president who fled abroad and resigned after mass protests over the country’s economic collapse.

Irish Independent

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Irish Independent

Protesters abandon seized palace with Sri Lanka in limbo

Protesters have retreated from government buildings in Sri Lanka, restoring a tenuous calm to the economically crippled country, as the embattled president at last emailed the resignation that demonstrators have sought for months.

Al Jazeera

Ex-leader Mahinda Rajapaksa will not flee Sri Lanka: Top aide

Man who paved way for Rajapaksa clan’s dominance over Sri Lanka politics has no immediate plans to flee, says top aide.

Irish Independent

Sri Lankan troops barricade Parliament against protesters

Soldiers are moving to secure Sri Lanka’s Parliament building against a takeover by protesters infuriated by the country’s economic collapse and the embattled president’s failure to resign a day after fleeing the country.

Irish Independent

Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa fails to resign by promised deadline

Sri Lankans woke up to confusion on Thursday after their president did not deliver on his vow to resign by Wednesday evening.

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

ABC News

Sri Lanka's acting President, Ranil Wickremesinghe, tells military to do 'whatever is necessary' to restore order

Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has told the military to do "whatever is necessary to restore order" after protesters stormed his office demanding that he resign.

Al Jazeera

Protesters storm Sri Lankan PM’s office after president flees

Sri Lankans defied a state of emergency to storm the prime minister’s office after embattled president fled overseas.

The Guardian - UK

‘This is a huge moment’: Sri Lankans vow to continue protests until demands are met

President has fled the country but protesters say they will not stop fighting until there is ‘freedom from corrupt leaders’

WEKU

What's happening in Sri Lanka and what comes next

The double whammy of government and economic instability is further complicating recovery, and the country is hurtling toward bankruptcy.

Irish Independent

Sri Lankan president flees the country amid economic crisis

The president of Sri Lanka has fled the country, days after protesters stormed his home and office and the official residence of his prime minister amid a three-month economic crisis.

Irish Independent

Sri Lankan legislators to pick new president but no deal on PM

Sri Lanka’s leaders have agreed that legislators will elect a new president next week but struggled to decide on the make-up of a new government to lead the bankrupt country out of an economic and political collapse.

Irish Independent

Sri Lanka’s political chaos persists as crisis talks to replace leader go on

A weekend of political chaos in Sri Lanka stretched into Monday with opposition leaders yet to agree on replacements for embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his prime minister whose residences remain occupied by protesters angered over the country’s economic collapse.

1 2 3

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Al Jazeera

4,646 stories

International Monetary Fund

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.