Sri Lanka Unrest

Not sending troops to Sri Lanka: India denies 'speculative media reports'

The denial from the Indian High Commission comes a day after it refuted as "fake and blatantly false" local social media speculation that former prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and his family members have fled to India

Economic crisis-hit Sri Lanka imposes 36-hour curfew amid state of emergency

The move came as social media posts called for protests on Sunday. Economists say the crisis has been made worse by government mismanagement, years of accumulated borrowing, and ill-advised tax cuts

Sri Lanka unrest: Three retired judges to probe anti-Muslim riots in Kandy, announces President Maithripala Sirisena

An investigation into anti-Muslim riots that spread in central Sri Lanka prompting the authorities to declare a nationwide state of emergency was announced by Sirisena