Sri Lanka

The economical and political crisis in Sri Lanka is reaching new levels of turmoil with the financial situation of the country not seeing any significant improvement. Newly-appointed Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe has also been…
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Amid the ongoing economic crisis in Sri Lanka, the island nation had recently suggested about its inability to host the much-anticipated Asia Cup 2022, which has now been officially shifted to the UAE, as confirmed by the Asian Cricket…
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A rights group gathering evidence on Sri Lanka’s alleged rights abuses said it filed a criminal complaint with Singapore’s Attorney General, seeking to arrest an ex-Sri Lankan president for his role in war crimes alleged to have been…
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Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe appointed on Friday a new Cabinet comprising allies of the country’s ousted leader Gotabaya Rajapaksa, despite earlier promises to form a unity government with opposition members. Former president…
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Videos of how Sri Lankan security forces raided anti-government protest camps in Colombo on Friday, hours after the swearing-in of new President Ranil Wickremesinghe, emerged on social media. In one of such videos, shared by news agency…
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The chief of the US spy agency on Wednesday blamed “dumb bets” on high-debt Chinese investment as a factor in Sri Lanka's economic collapse that triggered a political crisis in the island nation. Speaking at the Aspen Security Forum, CIA…
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Sri Lanka Parliament is all set to vote for the new president on Wednesday to succeed Gotabaya Rajapaksa who fled his economically torn country amid protests to avoid detention. The Sri Lankan Parliament will today choose between three…
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Sri Lanka's acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe has declared a state of emergency, according to a government notice released late on Sunday, as his administration seeks to quell social unrest and tackle an economic crisis gripping the…
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End of trouble seems to be far from over for former Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled to the Maldives on Wednesday and then landed in Singapore on Thursday. According to sources quoted by News18, Singapore is not keen on…
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Scenes emerging from Sri Lanka yet again raised global concerns this weekend as demonstrators stormed the palace of Gotabaya Rajapaksa while the president reportedly fled. After having ignored calls for his resignation for several months,…
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