COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka's police used Tuesday tear gas and water cannons to disperse an opposition protest in the island nation facing its worst economic crisis while gearing up for ...

As peace talks between officials and fishermen on Monday failed to arrive at a solution, fishermen as announced would stage a protest on Tuesday. Following the arrest of 23 fishermen and capture of ...

Sri Lanka is in the midst of a foreign exchange ... public anger has reached a new high. The protest outside the President's house began peacefully, but participants say things turned violent ...

Security forces in Sri Lanka raided the main anti-government protest camp in the capital early on Friday, arresting protesters and dismantling tents. Hundreds of troops and police commandos moved ...

Amnesty International also renewed its call for Sri Lanka to repeal the harsh, civil war-era Prevention of Terrorism Act, under which the two protest leaders are being held. Wasantha Mudalige and ...

Sri Lanka: Emergency laws extended amid crack down on protest leadersSri Lanka: Emergency laws extended amid crack down on protest leaders ...

Sri Lanka’s presidential election, held in September, came in the middle of a steady recovery from a debilitating economic ...

Wickremesinghe is campaigning with his slogan “Puluwan Sri Lanka” or “Sri Lanka Can ... popularity has been on the rise since ...

In Sri Lanka, military has taken control of the presidential secretariat in Colombo after brutally assaulting the protesters. Soldiers also destroyed tents at the adjacent GotaGoGama protest site, ...

a protest that has many Muslim leaders in Sri Lanka worried. On the morning of May 30, police officials reportedly informed the leader of the Dehiwala branch of the Association of Muslim Youth of ...

Human rights in Sri Lanka remain at serious risk in the face of security force abuses committed with impunity and an economic crisis that reduced the living standards of millions. To silence ...

Sri Lanka's Hemas Holdings which has interests in personal care, stationery and pharmaceuticals said industry players were cutting prices as a strong rupee reduced costs at a time when consumers were ...