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Sri Lanka can’t even afford to hold first poll since crisis, says election commission
The Independent via Yahoo News Singapore· 1 year agoA severely cash-strapped Sri Lanka lacks funds to even hold local elections scheduled for next...
Sri Lanka ends visas for hundreds of thousands of Russians staying there to avoid war
The Independent via Yahoo News Singapore· 4 months agoSri Lanka has told hundreds of thousands of Russians and some Ukrainians staying in the country to...
Sri Lanka stops issuing free long-term visas to Russian and Ukrainian nationals
The Independent via Yahoo News Singapore· 4 months agoSri Lanka on Thursday announced it would stop issuing free long-term visas to Russian and Ukrainian...
Sri Lanka president will step down, government insists, as protesters remain unconvinced
The Independent via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 years agoSri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa will step down from his office on Wednesday, the government...
Dinesh Gunawardena: Rajapaksa ally and president’s schoolmate is Sri Lanka’s new PM
The Independent via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 years agoVeteran politician Dinesh Gunawardena has been sworn in as the new prime minister of Sri Lanka amid...
Sri Lanka crisis - live: Protests intensify as Rajapaksa flying to Saudi Arabia via Singapore
The Independent via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 years agoSri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled to the Maldives to escape the popular uprising in...
Amangalla: a stay at Sri Lanka's best hotel
Evening Standard via Yahoo Style Singapore· 5 months agoAmangalla is Sri Lanka’s only hotel to make the prestigious World’s 50 Best list – so is this Sri Lanka’s best hotel? Joel Porter checks in to find out…
Sri Lanka crisis - live: Rajapaksa flees to Maldives as state of emergency imposed
The Independent via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 years agoThe Sri Lankan government declared a state of emergency and imposed a curfew as protests intensified...
Ousted strongman president Gotabaya Rajapaksa set for return to Sri Lanka
The Independent via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 years agoGotabaya Rajapaksa is poised to return to Sri Lanka, nearly two months after the ousted president...
Can new president Ranil Wickremesinghe rescue Sri Lanka’s economy?
The Independent via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 years agoSri Lanka’s new president Ranil Wickremesinghe will have his work cut out for him to handle the...