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Sri Lankan students and other groups planned to protest on Tuesday against Ranil Wickremesinghe's expected bid for president, as lawmakers gathered in parliament to finalise candidates for the role. Six-time prime minister Wickremesinghe took over as acting president after a popular uprising amid a devastating economic crisis forced

By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe gazetted orders late on Sunday for a state of emergency in the

By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Monday that the country had almost concluded

Sri Lanka's former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled overseas this week to escape a popular uprising against his government, has said he took "all possible steps" to avert the economic crisis that has engulfed the island nation.

By Uditha Jayasinghe and Devjyot Ghoshal

3/3 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators sleep at the Presidential Secretariat after Parliament Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena officially announced

COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lanka’s ousted president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled overseas this week to escape a popular uprising against his government, has said he took "all possible steps" to avert the economic crisis that has engulfed the island nation.

From this point, we will move to constitutionally appoint a new president, he says

By Uditha Jayasinghe and Alasdair Pal

By Uditha Jayasinghe and Alasdair Pal COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's parliamentary speaker accepted President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resignation on Fri...