The Latest Breaking News from Gotabaya Rajapaksa

Child malnutrition is soaring as inflation hits 94.9%, and many are missing school because parents do not have the cash to send them

Despite earlier brutal crackdowns, protesters gathered in Colombo to express discontent at the dire economic situation.

Thousands of Sri Lankans have marched in the capital to urge the government to halt its crackdown on protests against an unprecedented economic crisis that has engulfed the Indian Ocean nation for months

Colombo (AFP) - Sri Lanka's parliament voted Friday to curtail the powers of the president, a partial concession to the protest movement that forced the island nation's former head-of-state into exile.

Sri Lankan lawmakers have overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment that trims the powers of the president, a key demand of protesters who are seeking political reforms and solutions to the country’s economic crisis

Sri Lankan lawmakers have begun debating a proposed constitutional amendment that would trim the powers of the president, a key demand of protesters who are seeking political reforms and solutions to the country’s dire economic crisis

Colombo (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Supreme Court blocked the country's parliament from approving a bill that would have allowed the state to arbitrarily detain suspects for up to two years for "de-radicalisation", MPs were told Thursday.

Colombo (AFP) - Crisis-hit Sri Lanka slashed fuel prices on Monday, the second cut in as many weeks, after the World Bank warned that the economy will shrink an unprecedented 9.2 percent this year.

UN Human Rights Council renews mandate to collect and preserve evidence of atrocities during the decades-long civil war.

The death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in Iranian police custody last month sparked the country’s biggest protests in years. Under the rallying cry, “Woman, Life, Freedom,” protesters have ground dozens of cities to a halt. The response from Iran’s authoritarian regime has been swift and harsh, with security forces opening…

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s top court has granted permission for proceedings against former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, according to the rights group that filed the case against him.