Tag: Sri Lanka

Among those injured in the violent dispersals of the demonstrations were Catholic and Anglican Church leaders

Sri Lanka has suffered months of blackouts and dire shortages of food, fuel and medicines in its worst economic crisis since independence

The pope made the appeal in an address to Italy’s Sri Lankan community marking the third anniversary of the terrorist attacks

Regular blackouts, acute shortages of food and fuel and record inflation have sparked increasing public discontent in the country

Fuel shortages are forcing some people to use firewood, raising fears about the nation’s forests and its plans to switch to renewables

Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith of Colombo condemned as “unacceptable and an immoral response” reports that goons have been used to quell protests

Dozens of tourist-oriented businesses are advertising offers or assistance for stranded Ukrainians

"A government that cannot provide food, fuel, gas, and electricity that people need cannot remain in power,” said a Christian group

The ire of a mob in the near-bankrupt country was directed on Saturday at a woman identified as a soothsayer

The crisis has left vessels short of fuel in the ocean, and the repercussions are rippling down to dinner tables around the country