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Amid a national crisis, Sri Lankan artists look back – and look forward
COLOMBO: In the four months leading up to July 9 toppling of Sri Lanka’s former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, a protest…
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Sri Lanka’s international image dealt a body blow after brutal assault on peaceful protestors
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s parliament-elected new President Ranil Wickremesinghe saw his presidency get off to the worst possible start, as hundreds…
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UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe elected as the Eighth Executive President of Sri Lanka
COLOMBO: UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in Thursday, 21 July, as the 8th Executive President of Sri Lanka at…
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Sri Lanka’s crisis likely won’t be resolved soon
© COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS By Akhil Bery NEW YORK: For over one hundred days, Sri Lankans have been protesting…
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‘Supreme power of people’: Sri Lanka marks 100 days of protests
COLOMBO: A mainly youth-led mass protest movement over Sri Lanka’s worst-ever economic crisis has completed 100 days. During the period,…
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Amnesty International tells Sri Lanka military must not be used to police protests
COLOMBO: The Sri Lankan authorities must not impose a blanket order authorising use of force during the state of emergency…
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Bar Association calls on parliament to respect sovereignty of people and their wishes in electing a new President
COLOMBO: The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) has called on the Parliament, which represents the entire country, to respect…
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Embattled leaders in hiding, Sri Lankans ask: What’s next?
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s political and economic crisis offered a peculiar tableau Sunday after a day of high drama: The protesters…
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‘The family took over’: how a feuding ruling dynasty drove Sri Lanka to ruin
COLOMBO: Dilith Jayaweera can still recall the moment he realised Sri Lanka was hurtling, unstoppably, towards financial ruin. It was…
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