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After a "White Party" event sparked outrage on social media, Sri Lanka has ordered all Ukrainian and Russian tourists to leave the South Asian nation by March.

Several artefacts were looted from the palace during the five-day siege, and now the government wants these items back.

A new report released by UNICEF, the children's agency of the UN, says that South Asian countries have the highest number of child brides in the world.,

Sri Lanka's decision to raise interest rates shows the crisis-hit country's commitment to reducing inflation quickly towards single-digit levels.

Sri Lanka's central bank held interest rates steady for a third straight meeting on Wednesday, as widely expected, saying the prevailing tight monetary stance is crucial to taming still-high inflation and restoring economic stability.

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka Wednesday announced its first nationwide elections since its president fled and resigned in the face of widespread protests.

Anger over bloated new Sri Lanka government

Bankrupt Sri Lanka's deposed president 'to return home'

IMF agrees to $2.9 bn bailout for bankrupt Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka widens import ban as economic crisis persists

A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will meet Sri Lanka's president on Wednesday for talks to finalise a bailout package, including restructuring debt of about $29 billion, amid the nation's worst financial crisis in more than seven decades.

Sri Lanka faces international censure over arrests

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka warns of record 8% economic contraction

Sri Lanka troops demolish main protest camp

Senior Sri Lankan lawmaker Dinesh Gunawardena was sworn in on Friday as the new prime minister, his office said, a day after the swearing-in of a new president as the Indian Ocean nation grapples with its worst economic crisis in decades.

The kidnapped Sri Lankan dissident who helped oust a president

Protesters' target is favourite for Sri Lanka presidency

Hunger pains on Slave Island as Sri Lanka's food prices rocket

Sri Lanka renews state of emergency ahead of key vote

End of the line for Sri Lanka's 'Terminator' president

Sri Lankan immigration officials said on Tuesday they prevented the president's brother and former finance minister Basil Rajapaksa from flying out of the country, as anger mounted against the powerful family for a debilitating economic crisis.

Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has informed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe that he will resign, the prime minister's office said on Monday, after tens of thousands of protesters stormed the official residences of both men.

Fleeing Rajapaksa's cash handed to Sri Lankan police

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka will present a debt restructuring plan to the International Monetary Fund by the end of August, in a bid to win approval for a four-year funding programme, the prime minister said on Tuesday.

Sri Lanka bets on casino magnate to revive wrecked economy

Sri Lanka will call China, India and Japan to a donor conference to drum up more foreign assistance to find a way out of its worsening economic crisis, the prime minister said on Wednesday, amid ongoing talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Take holiday to grow food, Sri Lanka tells civil servants

A power sector union in Sri Lanka said on Wednesday it will go on an indefinite strike from midnight in protest against new government legislation, potentially leading to power blackouts in a country already grappling with its worst economic crisis in decades.

The COVID-19 pandemic severed the tourism lifeline of the Indian Ocean nation, already short of revenue in the wake of steep tax cuts by the government.

Sri Lanka is running out of almost all basic amenities such as food and fuel due to the current economic crisis. The doctors in the country have said that they are now running out of medicines too.