Crisis-hit Sri Lanka is hosting thousands of stranded Ukrainians

Official figures show about 5,000 Ukrainians and 15,000 Russians visited the island nation in the month the conflict began.

Sri Lanka’s poor queue for hours to buy kerosene amid crisis

Fatima Hussein has been standing in a queue for eight hours in scorching heat to buy kerosene at a petrol station in a busy suburb of the Sri Lankan capital.

Sri Lankans set up protest camp, vow to stay till Rajapaksa quits

As protesters dig in for a long haul, tents come up outside President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s office in Colombo.

Embattled Sri Lankan PM offers protesters talks as crisis worsens

If protesters are ready to discuss their proposals to resolve the challenges currently facing the nation, then the prime minister is ready to invite their representatives for talks, the office said.

Sri Lankans mark new year at protest camp near president’s office

Niranjala’s husband, Usitha Gamage, who works as a taxi driver, said he had been discouraged by the daily news about skyrocketing living costs.