Kanchana Wijesekera

Sri Lanka's ousted leader Rajapaksa defends crisis efforts

In his resignation letter to parliament, Gotabaya Rajapaksa says he did his "utmost" to avoid an economic catastrophe in Sri Lanka, but the coronavirus pandemic derailed his efforts.

Sri Lanka increases fuel prices as it battles economic crisis

Cash-strapped Sri Lanka sharply hiked fuel prices to a record high, causing further pain to the country's 22 million people in its worst crisis since independence.