Sri Lanka Protests

Sri Lanka has said it will allow foreign offshore research ships for replenishments at its ports despite a one-year ban on such vessels, a senior official has said after China protested to Colombo.

Sri Lanka police's anti-riot squad was on Friday deployed in front of the premises of the country's cricket board (SLC) following fears of a demonstration by enraged fans after the national team's crashing defeat at the hands of India in the ongoing World Cup.

Sri Lanka's police force said Friday it had sacked an officer who entertained protesters with an impromptu piano performance after they entered the island nation's presidential compound last year.

Sri Lanka has confirmed China's request for importing 1,00,000 endangered monkeys from the cash-strapped island nation, amidst protests from environmental groups against the deal.

Sri Lanka's government said Tuesday it was banning strikes in several key sectors, a day ahead of a planned one-day national stoppage called by unions to protest against painfully high taxes and utility bills.

Bankrupt Sri Lanka is set to postpone local elections due next month, according to a top official, prompting opposition protests today that forced parliament to be adjourned.

Sri Lanka's former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa has been questioned by police over the discovery of a large amount of cash in his office-cum-residence when he fled the country for safety as thousands of protesters stormed the place in July last year.

In a gesture of defiance, the Tamilian protesters pulled out the shampoo and started using the sprayed water to wash their hair.

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Wednesday rejected the opposition's demand for early parliamentary elections and vowed to use the military to crush any future anti-government protests aimed at regime change.

Hundreds of people marched in Sri Lanka's largest city Colombo on Wednesday protesting against higher taxes, inflation and alleged state-led repression as the country struggles to emerge from its worst financial crisis in seven decades.

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 Lanka's ruling party has asked the country's new president to provide security and other assistance for his predecessor who fled to Southeast Asia last month after protests flared amid a crippling economic crisis, an official said on Thursday.

Former Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled the country last month amidst massive anti-government protests calling for his resignation, is awaiting to obtain a US Green Card to return to America.

A British woman Instagrammer who was in Sri Lanka has been asked by the authorities to leave the country before August 15 for participating in the recent anti-government protests, according to a media report on Thursday.

Protesters in Sri Lanka who brought down the previous government announced they were dismantling their main demonstration site near the president's office on Wednesday in the wake of a crackdown against their leaders.

Sri Lanka has said it will allow foreign offshore research ships for replenishments at its ports despite a one-year ban on such vessels, a senior official has said after China protested to Colombo.

Sri Lanka police's anti-riot squad was on Friday deployed in front of the premises of the country's cricket board (SLC) following fears of a demonstration by enraged fans after the national team's crashing defeat at the hands of India in the ongoing World Cup.

Sri Lanka's police force said Friday it had sacked an officer who entertained protesters with an impromptu piano performance after they entered the island nation's presidential compound last year.

Sri Lanka has confirmed China's request for importing 1,00,000 endangered monkeys from the cash-strapped island nation, amidst protests from environmental groups against the deal.

Sri Lanka's government said Tuesday it was banning strikes in several key sectors, a day ahead of a planned one-day national stoppage called by unions to protest against painfully high taxes and utility bills.

Bankrupt Sri Lanka is set to postpone local elections due next month, according to a top official, prompting opposition protests today that forced parliament to be adjourned.

Sri Lanka's former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa has been questioned by police over the discovery of a large amount of cash in his office-cum-residence when he fled the country for safety as thousands of protesters stormed the place in July last year.

In a gesture of defiance, the Tamilian protesters pulled out the shampoo and started using the sprayed water to wash their hair.

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Wednesday rejected the opposition's demand for early parliamentary elections and vowed to use the military to crush any future anti-government protests aimed at regime change.

Hundreds of people marched in Sri Lanka's largest city Colombo on Wednesday protesting against higher taxes, inflation and alleged state-led repression as the country struggles to emerge from its worst financial crisis in seven decades.

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 Lanka's ruling party has asked the country's new president to provide security and other assistance for his predecessor who fled to Southeast Asia last month after protests flared amid a crippling economic crisis, an official said on Thursday.

Former Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled the country last month amidst massive anti-government protests calling for his resignation, is awaiting to obtain a US Green Card to return to America.

A British woman Instagrammer who was in Sri Lanka has been asked by the authorities to leave the country before August 15 for participating in the recent anti-government protests, according to a media report on Thursday.

Protesters in Sri Lanka who brought down the previous government announced they were dismantling their main demonstration site near the president's office on Wednesday in the wake of a crackdown against their leaders.