Sri Lanka Crisis

Working in Colombo, Hashan Gunasekera has not gone home to see his family in Kandy since mid-April, as he has already given up on searching for gasoline to fuel his car. A video production manager, Gunasekera, 32, used to drive three hours…
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The Centre has called an all-party meeting on Tuesday over the ongoing political and economic crisis in Sri Lanka, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said today. The meeting will be briefed by External Affairs Minister S…
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Sri Lanka’s parliamentary Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywarden on Friday said that he has accepted a resignation letter from President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, adding that the country will have a new President within a week’s time. The country had…
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The Sri Lankan Army has declined instructions of acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe to use force against the protestors after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled to Male to escape public wrath over present economic crisis in the Island…
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With President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fleeing to Maldives overnight with his family, a state of emergency was declared in Sri Lanka. Amid widespread protests, acting President and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Wednesday imposed…
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The president of Sri Lanka, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, fled the country early on Wednesday, the Associated Press reported, citing an unnamed immigration official. Rajapaksa, his wife and two bodyguards left aboard a Sri Lankan Air Force plane…
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Sri Lanka’s embattled president was flown to an air base near the main international airport Monday, officials said, raising speculation he will escape into exile abroad. Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the presidential palace in Colombo under…
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According to a media report on Sunday, the anti-government protestors in Sri Lanka who broke into embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s official residence claim to have found 17.85 million Sri Lankan Rupees inside his mansion. A video…
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Sri Lanka’s embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa would resign on Wednesday, Parliament Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena announced late Saturday night, hours after thousands of protesters stormed his official residence, blaming his…
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Sri Lanka’s parliament has canceled its remaining sittings for the week to save fuel, officials said on Thursday, with a disastrous economic crisis rapidly depleting the island nation’s already scarce petrol supplies. A foreign currency…
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