Hundreds of Sri Lankan soldiers and police raided the main anti-government protest camp in the country’s capital early Friday and began tearing down tents of unarmed activists, an AFP reporter said.
A senior Indian government official posted in Sri Lanka sustained grievous injuries in an unprovoked assault, the Indian High Commission in Colombo said on Tuesday as it urged Indians to remain aware…
The president was reportedly moved to safety as crowds broke through a police cordon. Sri Lanka is suffering its worst economic crisis since independence, with fuel and medicine shortages among its biggest problems.