COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The United States expressed concerns over Sri Lanka's online regulation bill Thursday, a day after it passed overwhelmingly in Parliament over protests by the media ...

Sri Lanka’s parliament has passed a law that grants the government sweeping powers to regulate social media and online speech, which opposition legislators have said will undermine democracy and ...

The law would seriously threaten the right to freedom of expression as Sri Lanka prepares for parliamentary and presidential elections later this year. Commission-appointed “experts” would be ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Veteran politician Ranil Wickremesinghe ... and Wickremesinghe can also change or suspend any law. Parliament can regularly review the law and it will expire without its ...

COLOMBO, Jan 24 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's lawmakers on Wednesday passed a bill to regulate online content, the speaker of the parliament announced, a law which opposition politicians and activists ...

COLOMBO, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka approved legislation on Tuesday to let companies from oil-producing nations import and sell fuel as it attempts to cope with a steep oil bill that deepened ...

[COLOMBO] Sri Lanka’s government introduced sweeping legislation on Tuesday (Apr 8) to recover stolen assets and pave the way for the prosecution of high-profile politicians from previous ...