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$Sri Lankan university students march during a protest over the countrys worst economic crisis in decades in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, April 24, 2022. Banner in Sinhalese reads, \lower taxes and prices\ (AP/Eranga Jayawardena)$ World

Poverty in Sri Lanka to spike this year, warns World Bank

The heightened fiscal and external risks as well as the challenging political situation pose significant uncertainty to...

26 April 2022 8:02 AM GMT

Sri Lankans shout slogans at the ongoing protest site against the economic crisis outside the presidents office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, April 21, 2022. (AP)

India

India extends additional USD 500 million credit line to Sri Lanka for...

Sri Lanka has been struggling to pay for imports after its foreign exchange reserves plummeted sharply in recent times

23 April 2022 7:55 AM GMT

A Sri Lankan man shouts anti government slogans during a protest outside Sri Lankan presidents private residence on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, March 31, 2022. (AP /Eranga Jayawardena)

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Sri Lanka declares public emergency amidst protests over economic...

The move came after a violent protest erupted outside the residence of Rajapaksa on Thursday as hundreds of...

2 April 2022 5:08 AM GMT

Security personnel walk past a burned vehicle along a road, a day after they were torched by protesters in Colombo on May 10, 2022. (Photo by ISHARA S. KODIKARA / AFP

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Mahinda flees to Navalbase as Rajapaksa houses burnt

Shoot orders in Colombo, India backs 'democracy, stability'

11 May 2022 2:56 AM GMT

Government supporters and Police clash outside the Presidents office in Colombo on May 9, 2022. - Violence raged across Sri Lanka late into the night on May 9, 2022, with five people dead and some 180 injured as prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa quit after weeks of protests. (Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)

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Mahinda Rajapaksa faces calls for arrest as Sri Lanka violence claims...

Rajapaksa has been accused by the Opposition of inciting the ruling party mobs to attack peaceful protesters by making a...

10 May 2022 6:01 AM GMT

Sri Lankan protesters storm prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe s office, demanding he resign after president Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled amid economic crisis in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, July 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

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Sri Lanka declares state of emergency after President Gotabaya...

Prime Minister Wickremesinghe has already said he was willing to resign and make way for an all-party government to take...

13 July 2022 7:24 AM GMT

Anti government protesters swim in a swimmingpool of the Sri lankan presidents official residence after storming into it in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, July 9, 2022. (AP)

Opinion

K.C. Singh | Bad policies and ill luck cause Sri Lankan crisis

The installation of Ranil Wickremesinghe as PM also had temporary impact as a quick solution to a complex scenario was...

13 July 2022 1:35 AM GMT