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Troops deployed to Sri Lankan capital amid clashes during protests over crisis

Sri Lanka has deployed troops to its capital after government supporters attacked protesters camped outside the President and prime minister’s offices. It comes as trade unions begin a “week of protests” demanding the government change and its ...

09 May 2022 at 11:55

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Sri Lankan prime minister quits after weeks of protests

Sri Lankan prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has resigned after weeks of protests demanding he and his President brother quit, an official said. It comes after troops were deployed to the capital after government supporters attacked protestors ...

09 May 2022 at 13:55

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Sri Lanka medical group warns of catastrophic shortages that could cost lives

Hospitals in Sri Lanka will soon be unable to provide even emergency services because of critical shortages of drugs and medical equipment caused by the country’s economic crisis, it was warned. There are fears of a “catastrophic number of ...

08 Apr 2022 at 09:55

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Sri Lankan ministers offer to resign as protests grow over economic crisis

Sri Lanka’s sports minister and the president’s nephew, Namal Rajapaksa, has resigned amid growing public outrage over the country’s economic crisis and shortages of food, fuel and medicines. The entire Sri Lankan Cabinet also handed over ...

03 Apr 2022 at 22:55

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Sri Lankan business leaders demand end to political impasse

Sri Lankan business leaders have called for an end to political instability amid public demands for the president to resign over alleged economic mismanagement, warning that failure to do so would lead to economic catastrophe. Leaders ...

08 Apr 2022 at 15:25

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Sri Lankan president vows to shed powers and appoint prime minister

Sri Lanka’s president has promised to appoint a new prime minister, empower the parliament and abolish the all-powerful executive presidential system as reforms to stabilise the country engulfed in a political crisis and violence ...

11 May 2022 at 20:25

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Sri Lanka orders troops to shoot those involved in violence

Sri Lanka’s defence ministry has ordered security forces to shoot anyone causing injury to people or property to contain widespread arson and mob violence targeting government supporters. The order came after violent clashes on ...

10 May 2022 at 18:25

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Sri Lanka anti-government protests continue despite curfew

A few hundred protesters defied a nationwide curfew to continue to shout slogans against the Sri Lankan government – a day after violent clashes saw the prime minister resign. Mahinda Rajapaksa stood down after being blamed ...

10 May 2022 at 10:25

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Sri Lanka’s President ‘agrees to resign’ amid protests

The speaker of Sri Lanka’s parliament has said President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has agreed to resign on Wednesday. Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena said in a televised statement that he informed Mr Rajapaksa of a decision taken at a ...

09 Jul 2022 at 19:28

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Sri Lanka president and prime minister agree to resign amid angry protests

The two men at the centre of the turmoil brought about by the Sri Lanka’s economic collapse have promised they will heed the call of tens of thousands of angry protesters and resign. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the ...

11 Jul 2022 at 08:55

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Six-time PM Ranil Wickremesinghe elected president in crisis-hit Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan legislators have chosen six-time prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as president to succeed the ousted leader who fled the country, in a vote that risks reigniting political turmoil in the troubled South ...

20 Jul 2022 at 09:50

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Sri Lanka’s PM sworn in as interim president after Rajapaksa resigns

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has been sworn in as Sri Lanka’s interim president until Parliament elects a successor to Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who resigned after mass protests over the country’s economic ...

15 Jul 2022 at 12:35

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