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.

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· Sep 17, 2022 · 01:30 pm

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

· Jul 25, 2022 · 01:30 pm

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.

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· Jul 18, 2022 · 10:07 am

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.

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· Jul 16, 2022 · 12:03 pm

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.

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· Jul 15, 2022 · 09:33 pm

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

· Jul 15, 2022 · 07:30 pm

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

· Jul 15, 2022 · 01:30 pm

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.

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· May 11, 2022 · 07:17 pm

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.

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· May 11, 2022 · 02:44 pm

Sri Lanka: After Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa’s resignation, five killed as protests continue

An MP was among those killed and several leaders’ homes were set on fire as clashes ensued between Rajapaksa’s supporters and anti-government protestors.

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· May 09, 2022 · 04:22 pm

Easter bombings: Sri Lanka files charges against 25 suspects

On April 21, 2019, suicide bombers carried out a series of blasts at three churches and several luxury hotels in the country.

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· Aug 12, 2021 · 01:55 pm

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa dissolves Parliament, calls for elections on April 25

The election campaign period will coincide with the anniversary of the Easter Sunday bombings on April 21 that killed more than 250 people at churches and hotel

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· Mar 03, 2020 · 11:41 am