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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 Lanka bans import of 300 items including chocolates, perfumes and shampoos
Sri Lanka has slapped a ban on the import of 300 consumer items like chocolates, perfumes and shamp…
PTI
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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…
PTI
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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…
PTI
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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…
Matthew Loh
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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…
PTI
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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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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…
PTI
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India records 1,086 fresh COVID-19 cases and 71 deaths in last 24 hours
India on Wednesday reported 1,086 fresh COVID-19 cases, which is marginally higher than previous da…
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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’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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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 …
Matthew Loh
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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…
Joshua Zitser
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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 …
Bethany Dawson
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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 …
Abby Wallace
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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…
Matthew Loh
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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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A Sri Lankan health minister who promoted 'magic potions' made by a 'sorcerer' as COVID cures has been replaced
Former health minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi later contracted COVID-19 and was hospitalized.
Vanessa Gu
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Sri Lanka said it won't go into lockdown yet, despite a "COVID bomb" in the country where bodies are piling up and there's a backlog of mass cremations
The Sri Lankan government held mass cremations last weekend after Colombo's main hospital ran out o…
Matthew Loh
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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…