Sri Lankan

Sri Lanka president warns of racial tensions amid economic crisis

Many Sri Lankans flee Colombo as leaders meet to discuss crisis

May 12, 2022

Sri Lanka's ruling party supporters storm anti-government protest camp, in Colombo

UN condemns escalating violence in Sri Lanka

May 10, 2022

Demonstrators and government supporters clash outside the official residence of Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, in Colombo on May 9, 2022. – Sri Lankan police imposed a curfew on May 9 after clashes between rival political camps, as anger builds over the island’s worst economic crisis since independence. (Photo by ISHARA S. KODIKARA / AFP)

Dozens injured as Sri Lanka government supporters run riot

May 9, 2022

FILE PHOTO - A worker stands in front of a closed essential food store during a nationwide strike demanding the resignation of President Goatabaya Takapaksa and his cabinet, in Colombo

Thousands of Sri Lankans rally over government handling of crisis

May 1, 2022

University students protest outside the residence of Sri Lanka’s prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa during a demonstration over the country’s crippling economic crisis in Colombo on April 24, 2022. (Photo by AFP)

Sri Lanka shares plunge as Buddhist leaders ask government to resign

April 25, 2022

Authorities transport containers of garbage to be returned to Britain after authorities refused to process the illegally imported hazardous cargo, in Colombo on February 21, 2022. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA - AFP)

Sri Lanka completes return of illegal waste to Britain

February 21, 2022

Prominent members of Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s government, donors to his party and family members of the country’s powerful military generals have moved millions of dollars of wealth through offshore companies, a new investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) alleges.

Pakistan premier reassures president over Sri Lankan’s lynching

December 5, 2021

The ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), which was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China, is seen in an illustration released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. January 29, 2020. Alissa Eckert, MS; Dan Higgins, MAM/CDC/Handout via REUTERS

Omicron: Sri Lanka reports first case of coronavirus variant

December 3, 2021

The ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), which was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China, is seen in an illustration released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. January 29, 2020. Alissa Eckert, MS; Dan Higgins, MAM/CDC/Handout via REUTERS

Sri Lanka extends inter-province travel ban amid coronaviru spread

October 20, 2021

Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena looks at a copy of the result of the UNHRC (UN Human Rights Council) resolution to document Sri Lankan war crimes as he leaves the media conference at the ministry in Colombo, Sri Lanka March 23, 2021. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

Sri Lanka faces U.N. scrutiny over civil war crimes

March 23, 2021

FILE - A family member of one of the victims killed at St. Sebastian's church, one of the churches attacked in the April 21, 2019, Easter Sunday bombings, reacts at a cemetery on the first year anniversary of the blasts, in Katuwapitiya village.

US charges 3 Sri Lankan nationals for role in 2019 Easter attacks

January 10, 2021

Maria Whophil, a Deputy Director with the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development, has formally unveiled Asanka Gurusinha as the Head Coach and High-Performance Manager of Cricket for Nigeria at the Media Center of the Moshood Abiola Stadium on Tuesday, December 8, 2020, in Abuja.

Newly appointed Cricket foreign coach speaks about decision to take the Nigeria job

December 9, 2020

Family members of inmates react outside the prison, following unrest at Mahara Prison, on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka November 30, 2020. REUTERS-Dinuka Liyanawatte

Sri Lanka coronavirus prison riot leaves eight dead, over 50 wounded

November 30, 2020

Barring any last minute change, the Nigeria Cricket Federation (NCF) is set to unveil former Sri Lankan international Asanka Gurusinha as its foreign coach in the coming days.

Cricket: Nigeria set to unveil foreign coach

November 30, 2020

England will play two Twenty20 internationals in Karachi in October next year, country’s cricket board says.

Cricket: England to play in Pakistan for first time since 2005

November 18, 2020