Sri Lanka presidential election on Sep 21: Ranil Wickremesinghe to fight as independent. What we know

This year, Sri Lanka is expected to complete its reform, which began in 2022 when the country's greatest economic crisis in decades sparked widespread demonstrations and ultimately led to the removal of the government.

Sri Lanka's $10 BN pension fund boosts IMF bailout prospects

Sri Lanka has secured a $3billion bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as it faces its worst economic crisis since independence. The deal has been nearly a year in the making and a lifeline for the country that has billions of dollars in loans.

Sri Lankan president vows to get economy back on track

IMF approves $3 billion bailout for bankrupt Sri Lanka

Strikes grip Sri Lanka as unions protest against rise in taxes

A series of one protest have now erupted in the island and this has bought the commercial capital Colombo to a standstill. Thousands of protestors were demanding step back from massive increase of taxes and electricity tariffs.

Sri Lankans protests tax hike

Sri Lanka's ousted leader Gotabaya Rajapaksa leaves for the US with family

Protests are still growing strong in Sri Lanka as the country deals with its tanking economy. An anti-government rally was planned in the capital Columbo against the alleged represive program being carried out by the government.

Anti-government rally organised in Sri Lanka

Hundreds of Sri Lankan students clashed with the police in the suburbs of capital city Colombo. The protesters were marching from the University of Kelaniya to Central Colombo but the police blocked the path.

WION Dispatch: Sri Lanka protests over arrest of union leaders under terror act

Joseph Stalin, the secretary of the Sri Lanka Teachers’ Union, becomes the senior most activist to be arrested in a crackdown against protesters forced Rajapaksa to flee last month.

WION Dispatch: Sri Lanka arrests protest leader Joseph Stalin

Sri Lanka: President’s office to reopen on Monday following crackdown

The swearing-in of a new cabinet was overshadowed by a pre-dawn crackdown on protesters in Sri Lanka. Beyond angry protesters, President Ranil Wickremesinghe faces another challenge - hidden Chinese loans. Can Wickremesinghe stabilise Sri Lanka? Palki Sharma has more.

Gravitas: Hidden Chinese loans complicates Sri Lanka's bailout

Sri Lankan lawmakers have elected Ranil Wickremesinghe as the country's president. Disappointed protesters hit the streets, promising to continue the pressure campaign against him. Palki Sharma decodes Wickremesinghe's rise from election defeat in 2020 to presidency in 2022.

Gravitas: Protests follow Wickremesinghe's election as President

Victory for the people: Sri Lanka’s protests marks 100 days, waiting for the new leader

WION's Dasuni Athauda spoke to the former energy minister of Sri Lanka Udaya Gammanpila on the power vaccum and the way forward for the island nation. He was also part of the all-party meeting which took place. Listen in

There are three potential candidates for President's position, says Udaya Gammanpila

Known as "The Terminator" for his ruthless crushing of the LTTE to end a decades-long civil war, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's rule is drawing to a close with him a fugitive and his island's economy in ruins. Molly Gambhir tells you more.

WION Fineprint | The rise and fall of Sri Lanka's Gotabaya Rajapaksa

Protesters in Sri Lanka defied tear gas, water cannon and a state of emergency to storm the prime minister's office on Wednesday after the president fled overseas. Molly Gambhir and Dasuni Athauda tell you how the day unfolded into chaos.

WION Fineprint | Sri Lankan protesters storm PM's office

Police and military forces used tear gas to disperse a growing crowd outside the office of Sri Lanka's Prime Minister, who was the top leader in the country after the President fled. Protesters tried to push through the gates of the office of PM Ranil Wickremesinghe.

Sri Lanka: Police uses tear gas to disperse protesters as crowds swell

People are eating on alternate days to feed their kids: Pat Cummins on massive protests in Sri Lanka

Sri Lankans make temporary library at presidential secretariat to turn books as ‘weapons’ of change

'The siege is over': Sanath Jayasuriya joins anti-govt protests, Sangakkara & Jayawardene also extend support

'Youth are calling for a change': Sri Lankan PM Ranil Wickremesinghe invites protestors to join governance

Lankan police fires tear gas shells at students during anti-government protests

Veteran leader Ranil Wickremesinghe has been appointed as Sri Lanka's new Prime Minister. Will this appointment assuage the protesters? Can Wickremesinghe save the island's sinking economy? Palki Sharma tells you.

Gravitas: Sri Lanka gets a new Prime Minister