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Sri Lankan President slips away to Maldives after protestors take over his house

President Rajapaksa had left for the Maldives together with his wife and a bodyguard from the count…

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Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa revokes state of emergency

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa late Tuesday night revoked the state of emergency he had de…

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Sri Lanka's president is stuck in his own country after airport staff blocked him from fleeing amid an economic crisis

Immigration officers refused to enter the airport's VIP suite to stamp President Gotabaya Rajapaksa…

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26 ministers resign amidst the worst economic crisis in Sri Lanka

On Sunday night, all 26 ministers submitted letters of resignation. Speaking to reporters, Educatio…

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Sri Lanka declares state of emergency due to violent protests over economic crisis

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has declared a nationwide public emergency amidst a spate o…

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Google Maps to roll out estimated toll prices across India, US, Japan and Indonesia

With this new update, users can now find the estimated toll price to their destination even before …

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Sri Lanka declares economic emergency as food items go out of reach

Authorities say they will take control of the supply of basic food items, including rice and sug…

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Sri Lanka’s tilt towards China expected to be ‘low key’ as new president Gotabaya Rajapaksa takes the reins

Sri Lanka’s freshly elected president Gotabaya Rajapaksa will take a “low key” approach in restorin…

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Mahinda Rajapaksa takes oath as the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka for the fourth time

This is Mahinda Rajapaksa's fourth innings as prime minister.Supporters of SLPP lit firecrackers to…

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Sri Lanka's Parliament dissolved ahead of election on April 25

In the special gazette released by the Presidential Secretariat on Monday, Rajapaksa dissolved t…

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Sri Lankan Prime Minister resigns as protesters storm the president's official residence in response to financial crisis

Protesters stormed the home of Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, in the commercial capital …

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Sri Lanka's president asks Vladimir Putin for help to import fuel as its economic crisis deepens

Gotabaya Rajapaksa said he had a "very productive" phone call with the Russian president after the …

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Photos show how protesters occupying the luxurious residences of Sri Lanka's president and PM have made themselves at home

Protesters who have occupied Sri Lanka's presidential and prime ministerial residences say they wil…

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Sri Lanka president fled to the Maldives on a military jet after being forced out of office over economic crisis

Gotabaya Rajapaksa flew with his wife and two security personnel, the air force said. He leaves beh…

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Sri Lanka’s Parliament reassembles with the same Prime Minister but the political crisis might not be over just yet

With the reconvening of Parliament and Wickremesinghe once again at the helm of the govern…

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Sri Lanka's political crisis takes a decisive turn as the ousted Prime Minister wins a key majority vote in Parliament

Wickremesinghe, who was unceremoniously booted out of office by President Maithripala Sirisena a…

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Fuel shortages, massive debts, and protesters partying in the presidential palace: Here is what's going on in 'bankrupt' Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka's president has resigned following widespread protests sparked by an economic collapse te…

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People are waiting in line for days to get gas in Sri Lanka as the country's economic crisis deepens

Sri Lanka is facing one of the worst economic crises in modern history, with its government lacking…

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Risk of civil unrest surging in more than half of the world's countries, analysis says

"The worst is undoubtedly yet to come," researchers from Verisk Maplecroft wrote in their analysis …

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