Sri Lanka Crisis News

Sri Lanka parliament to reconvene today in first session since imposing emergency

The state of emergency is due to expire on Thursday next week unless it is ratified in a parliamentary vote.

Food shortage, 13-hour power cuts, and no paper: How Sri Lanka's economic crisis has worsened

The island nation is seeing severe shortages of essentials, sharp price rises and crippling power cuts in its most painful downturn since independence in 1948. On Thursday, it led to violent protests outside President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's house, demanding his resignation