Sri Lanka

Dinesh Gunawardena took his oath as Prime Minister today at the Prime Minister's Office on Flower Road in Colombo.

After Gotabaya Rajapaksa left Sri Lanka and resigned from the post of president, PM Ranil Wickremesinghe elected as new president

The MEA meanwhile added that it will stand by the people of Sri Lanka as they seek to realize their aspirations for prosperity and progress through democratic means and values, established democratic institutions, and a constitutional framework.

Days after protestors stormed into residence of president Gotabaya Rajapaksa in Sri Lanka, he fled to Maldives today

Protestors had stormed into Gotabaya Rajapaksa's palace on July 9. It was reported in media that he had escaped with his family to an undisclosed location before that.

It is weird that so many of you ‘fearless and independent’ folks that call yourself economists, journalists and academicians are blaming the exact same thing – majoritarianism - for Sri Lanka crisis

Out of work, and out of headlines, since the farmers' protest in India, the andolanjeevi inside Yogendra Yadav couldn't stop himself after seeing the news of the protests on TV.

"The response of the mob will be worse than what it has been in Sri Lanka," Ali claimed.

President and Prime Minister of Sri Lanka have resigned to make way for an all-party government to tackle the crisis.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was moved to the army headquarters as intelligence reports had predicted the unrest