Sri Lanka’s economic crisis has created a political one
April 7 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Until very recently Gotabaya Rajapaksa, still Sri Lanka’s president as The Economist went to press, was secure in his j...
Medical emergency in Sri Lanka with no end in sight to eco...
April 7 ,2022
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By: Rohini Mohan
Government Medical Officers' Association members protest over medical shortage in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on April 6, 2022. PHOTO: E...
Beleaguered Lankan President revokes Emergency
April 7 ,2022
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By: P.K. Balachandran
Sri Lankan Parliament.
Colombo: The beleaguered Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa revoked the Public Emergency late on April...
Sri Lanka president loses parliament majority as protests...
April 6 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Protestors take part in a demonstration against the surge in prices and shortage of fuel and other essential commodities at the entra...
Sri Lanka: Gota needs to go – but so does the ethnocratic...
April 6 ,2022
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By: Mario Arulthas
Protesters hold banners and placards during a demonstration against the surge in prices and shortage of fuel and other essential comm...
Who are the four brothers who dominate Sri Lanka politics?
April 6 ,2022
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By: Ashwini Devare
The four Rajapaksa brothers (clockwise from top left) Mahinda, Gotabaya, Basil and Chamal. PHOTOS: AFP, REUTERS
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Sri Lanka’s finance minister quits after one day as politi...
April 6 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Catholic priests hold placards during a demonstration against the deepening economic crisis in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Tuesday. Photo:...
Is Sri Lanka the next Argentina?
April 5 ,2022
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By: Arvind Subramanian
As Sri Lanka makes another crucial political transition, it faces a major risk of macroeconomic instability. Minimising that...
Unrest in Sri Lanka prompts warning from China
April 5 ,2022
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By: Laura Zhou
Sri Lankan army soldiers stand guard near Independence Square as opposition alliance Samagi Jana Balawegaya party members protest aga...
Sri Lanka unity cabinet offer fails to quell anti-Rajapaks...
April 5 ,2022
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By: Munza Mushtaq
Protesters demand the resignation of Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his relatives in Colombo on April 4. &c...
Demonstrations seeking the Lankan President’s resignation...
April 5 ,2022
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By: P.K. Balachandran
Colombo: Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has secured the resignation of his Cabinet Ministers, barring his brother and Prime Mi...
Lanka blocks social media platforms fearing continuous agi...
April 4 ,2022
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By: P.K. Balachandran
Colombo: Sri Lanka on Sunday blocked social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Viber, YouTube and Tik Tok, fearing...
Sri Lanka anger swells under Rajapaksa's curfew, internet...
April 4 ,2022
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By: Munza Mushtaq
A Sri Lankan Special Task Force member stops vehicles at a checkpoint in Colombo on April 3, after the government imposed a curfew. &...
Rajapaksa to blame for Sri Lanka’s economic calamity
April 2 ,2022
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By: Salman Rafi Sheikh
Fuel and power shortages threaten to tilt towards a humanitarian crisis in Sri Lanka. Image: Screengrab / NDTV
When Sri La...
Curfew in Sri Lanka as protesters try to storm president’s...
April 1 ,2022
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By: Rathindra Kuruwita and Zaheena Rasheed
Demonstrators react after fire is set to a bus parked at the top the road to Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's residence [Din...
What’s this humble grass that made it to high-level Nepal-...
March 30 ,2022
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By: Krishana Prasain
Few people in Nepal know about haylage and its economic potential. Shutterstock
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Sri Lanka’s government is stoking inflation and indignatio...
March 29 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
COLOMBO : When gotabaya rajapaksa became president of Sri Lanka in 2019, he inherited an economy in bad shape. Terrorist attacks a...
Jaishankar meets Sri Lankan finance minister, to attend BI...
March 29 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Credit: Reuters
Colombo: External affairs minister S. Jaishankar on Monday met Sri Lanka’s finance minister Basil Rajap...
Sri Lankan papers run out of newsprint as economic crisis...
March 26 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Protesters shout slogans against Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in front of Presidential Secretariat in Colombo [File: Dinuk...
Struggling Sri Lanka hits up India for cash – but China st...
March 25 ,2022
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By: Amrit Dhillon
Protesters demonstrate in Colombo on Wednesday against the rising cost of living in Sri Lanka. Photo: AFP
The temperature in Colom...
PTA Amendment Bill passed
March 24 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Representational.
The Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) (Amendment) Bill was passed in Parliament yesterday with...
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