Sri Lankan Politics
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Sri Lanka: Could free and fair elections bring actual change this year?
President Ranil Wickremesinghe does not have a popular vote. To maintain his power, he has to honour his promise of holding elections.
Thiruni Kelegama, The Conversation
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Under Ranil Wickremesinghe, Sri Lanka is going fast – in reverse
His administration has moved forcefully to stifle criticism with a raft of new, repressive laws ahead of a presidential election later this year.
Meenakshi Ganguly
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Sri Lanka to probe allegations of intelligence complicity in 2019 Islamist bombings
The Easter bombings had killed 269 people ahead of the 2019 Sri Lankan presidential polls.
Nachiket Deuskar
Trending
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‘No educated person will vote for the BJP. What is the point of studying if we do not get jobs?’
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Start the week with a film: Why ‘Manjummel Boys’ was a blockbuster
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‘We are living in perpetual fear’: Prajwal Revanna video leaks spark panic among women in Hassan
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Readers’ comments: Article on South Asia’s view of India is ‘horribly biased’
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‘No Muslim can win, now or in the future’: In Assam’s Barpeta, delimitation fears confirmed
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Easter Sunday attacks: Sri Lanka court names former President Maithripala Sirisena suspect
Sirisena was the president of Sri Lanka when nine suicide bombers carried out a series of blasts at three churches and several luxury hotels in Sri Lanka.
Scroll Staff
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Four challenges the new Sri Lanka government will have to address to get out of the economic morass
President Ranil Wickremesinghe will need a wide mandate and support from opposition politicians if he is to drastically change the island nation’s policies.
Vidhura S Tennekoon, The Conversation
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Sri Lanka declares emergency ahead of July 20 presidential polls
Elections became necessary after Gotabaya Rajapaksa resigned from the post amid protests over his government’s handling of the country’s economic crisis.
Scroll Staff
Video
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Watch: South Korean band performs Rabindra Sangeet accompanied by traditional Korean instruments
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Watch: This man fused hip-hop with Bharatnatyam to dance to Shakira’s ‘Hips Don’t Lie’
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Watch: Comedian hilariously mimics different types of announcements at railway stations
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Eco India: A new buzzword for a protein rich animal feed: Insect farming
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Eco India, Episode 259: How future-proof innovations can revolutionize the way we protect nature
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Top Sri Lanka updates: Gotabaya Rajapaksa says he took all possible steps to avert economic crisis
Leader of Opposition Sajith Premadasa said he will contest the presidential elections scheduled for next week.
Scroll Staff
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Sri Lanka crisis top updates: Former PM Mahinda Rajapaksa barred from leaving country
The country’s ruling party said it will support acting president Ranil Wickremesinghe in the vote next week to elect Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s successor.
Scroll Staff
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Not just the economy: Sri Lanka crisis is also rooted in its history of bias against minorities
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s authoritarianism can be attributed to Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism.
Niro Kandasamy, The Conversation
The Reel
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Watch: Manoj Bajpayee’s hundredth movie ‘Bhaiyya Ji’ is a revenge drama
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Start the week with a film: Why ‘Manjummel Boys’ was a blockbuster
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How actor Shahana Goswami flies under the radar and above the competition
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‘Presumed Innocent’ trailer: Jake Gyllenhaal plays a lawyer accused of murdering his lover
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‘Lampan’ trailer: Marathi series is based on Prakash Narayan Sant’s stories
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With the Rajapaksas on the run, a brief history of how Sri Lanka got into this mess
For a resurgence, the agenda will need to include shared prosperity, true integration and democracy.
Sudeep Chakravarti
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Cartoonists on the Sri Lanka crisis: The boomerang of violence sets a country aflame
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa’s resigns but there’s no end in sight to the political or economic crisis.
Scroll Staff
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India denies reports of sending troops to Sri Lanka amid violence over economic crisis
The High commission in Colombo said that it is not in line with the position of the government of India.
Scroll Staff
The Field
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IPL 2024: Suryakumar Yadav’s unbeaten ton helps Mumbai secure much-needed win over Hyderabad
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India tour of Bangladesh: Visitors register commanding win in rain-affected fourth T20I
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Table Tennis, Saudi Smash: Manika Batra stuns world No 2 Wang Manyu; Desai-Ghorpade beat fifth seeds
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Boxing, Asian U22 & Youth C’ships: Brijesh Tamta, Aryan Hooda shine as India bag five gold medals
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Olympics, Athletics: India’s men’s and women’s 4x400m relay teams make the cut for Paris Games 2024