STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Sri Lanka’s 77th Independence Day was commemorated for the first time in the City Council Chambers at City Hall in Manhattan, an event that paid tribute to a number of ...

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake delivered a speech on February 4, Sri Lanka’s 77th Independence Day, full of lies, distortions and half-truths making a patriotic and nationalist appeal to ...

Debt-stricken Sri Lanka marked its 77th independence anniversary on Tuesday with a military parade, while the country’s newly elected president, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, pledged to heal Sri ...

Debt-stricken Sri Lanka marked its 77th independence anniversary with a military parade, while the country’s newly elected ...

Sri Lanka gained its independence in 1948 from British colonial rule, and marks its Independence Day annually on Feb. 4. “To celebrate the 77th Independence Day, this year marks the first time ...

The 22nd day of May is the 53rd anniversary of the Republic of Sri Lanka. It is not a national holiday. The Government has ...

Today marks the 53rd Republic Day of Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka became a Republic on May 22, 1972, following the adoption of a new ...

Sri Lanka, which gained independence from Britain in 1948, suffered its worst economic crisis in 2022, forcing the island nation to declare bankruptcy. It also suspended repayments on some $83 ...

Members of the Sri Lanka’s police special task force march during the country’s Independence Day ceremony (Eranga Jayawardena/AP) A military parade followed his speech. Under his leadership ...

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