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Asia
Sri Lankan civic activists concerned over ‘witch-hunt’ by state
COLOMBO: Citizens’ groups and activists in Sri Lanka have expressed concern over a series of arrests last week, of prominent…
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Spotlight
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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Commentary Box
Parliamentary fantasy and ground reality
© THE ISLAND By Anura Gunasekera July 20, 2022, will go down in Sri Lanka’s history as a day of…
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America
The hope and fear of the Sri Lankan protest movement
© THE NEW YORKER By Isaac Chotiner NEW YORK: Last week, protesters in Colombo stormed the residence of Gotabaya Rajapaksa,…
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Asia
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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America
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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Asia
‘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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Commentary Box
Stable government a distant wish to most Sri Lankans: Think tank
© ASIAN NEWS INTERNATIONAL As the political and economic upheaval in Sri Lanka continues, the average Sri Lankan believes that…
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Headlines From Home
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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Asia
‘First in four decades’: Why Sri Lanka general strike matters
COLOMBO: Millions of Sri Lankan workers held a nationwide general strike on Thursday to demand the resignation of President Gotabaya…
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