Gotabaya Rajapaksa

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka lifts curfew for Buddhist festival

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka lifts curfew for Buddhist festival

Sri Lankan authorities lifted a nationwide curfew Sunday for an important Buddhist festival, but celebrations were muted as the island nation's new premier struggled to find hi...

 May. 15
Sri Lanka’s president escapes censure motion

Sri Lanka’s president escapes censure motion

Sri Lanka's beleaguered president side-stepped a censure motion on Tuesday after his fractured coalition rallied to delay a resolution blaming him for the country's worst economic crisis.Gotabaya Rajapaksa's shaky coalition voted against taking up the unprecedented &q...

 May. 17

Sri Lanka warns of food shortages: ‘We are going to die’

Sri Lanka warns of food shortages: ‘We are going to die’ Sri Lanka's prime minister has warned of a food shortage as the island nation battles a devastating economic crisis and vowed the government will buy enough fertiliser for the ...

May. 20

Inflation in crisis-hit Sri Lanka hits new record

Inflation in crisis-hit Sri Lanka hits new record Sri Lanka's inflation hit a seventh consecutive record high in April as a petrol shortage worsened and food prices rose sharply, official data showed Monday.The National Consum...

May. 23