Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe said he will fully implement an earlier amendment to the constitution which was aimed at giving more autonomy to provinces in a bid to solve the island s ethnic conflict.
Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe said he is facing a deep currency crisis which led to external default with no team from his party, as the United National Party celebrated its 76 the anniversary.
Sri Lanka s state workers would be given five years of no-pay leave to go abroad or work elsewhere with no reduction in their seniority or pension rights, the state information office said, as the country suffers the worst currency crisis in the history of its central bank.
by Savitri Goonesekere The last week beginning May 9, 2022 was the one before Wesak, now celebrated locally, regionally, and by the UN as symbolic of Gautama Buddha’s message of peace and loving kindness. And yet Sri Lanka, where Buddhists celebrate this event annually as a special occasion, was trapped again in frightening episodes of violence. Wesak day […]
Sri Lanka s main opposition Samagi Jana Balawegaya slammed what it said was a sham resignation of cabinet ministers and said the party will have no part in any interim administration headed by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.