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People take part in a protest march organized by the National Peoples’ Power (NPP) party against the government, in Colombo on August 20, 2022. / Photo: AFP
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12 October 2023
Bankrupt Sri Lanka gets China agreement on debt restructure
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22 July 2023
India and Sri Lanka to consider land link
Elephant keepers led an ailing Thai elephant named Sak Surin, also known as 'Muthu Raja', to the flight cage for his flight back to Thailand from the National Zoological Garden in Dehiwala Suburb of Colombo, Sri Lanka, 01 July 2023. Photo: EPA
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03 July 2023
Neglected elephant touches down in Thai homeland...
A Thai elephant gifted to Sri Lanka two decades ago arrived back in its birth country...
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22 April 2023
Sri Lankans call for justice on Easter bombing...
Thousands of Sri Lankans form a human chain in a protest on Friday, calling for justice...
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21 March 2023
'Progressive' $3 bn Sri Lanka program...
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08 March 2023
Beijing confirms China will help Sri Lanka...
China says it will "play a positive role" in helping Sri Lanka get through its debt...
Vegetable vendors wait for customers at a local market in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 25 August 2022. Photo: EPA
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01 October 2022
Crisis-hit Sri Lanka's inflation hits nearly...
Sri Lanka's inflation rate hit nearly 70 percent in September for a 12th consecutive...
This picture taken on September 12, 2022 shows an exterior view of the Chinese-built Lotus Tower in Colombo. A huge green and purple communications tower in Sri Lanka financed with Chinese debt that has become a symbol of the ousted Rajapaksa clan's closeness to Beijing will finally open this week, its operator said on September 12. Photo: AFP
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13 September 2022
Sri Lankan 'white elephant' Chinese...
A huge green and purple communications tower in Sri Lanka financed with Chinese debt that...
Sri Lanka's President Ranil Wickremesinghe attends the Police Day celebrations in Colombo. Photo: AFP
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07 September 2022
UN urges Sri Lanka to end 'drift towards...
Sri Lanka must immediately reverse its "drift towards militarisation" and prosecute those...
Security forces use tear gas and water cannons to disperse a University students protest in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 18 August 2022. Photo: EPA
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23 August 2022
Sri Lanka faces international censure over arrests
Sri Lanka's new government came under international censure Monday over the use of tough...
Sri Lankan Army solders patrol at the parliament complex during the ceremonial inauguration of the first session of the 9th parliament in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 03 August 2022. Photo: EPA
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20 August 2022
IMF says talks with Sri Lanka to resume next week
The IMF said Friday a team will travel to Sri Lanka next week to resume aid talks that...
Police fire tear gas to disperse demonstrators near Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s residence in Colombo on Saturday. Photo: EPA
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19 August 2022
Sri Lanka police fire tear gas to disperse protest
Sri Lanka police fired tear gas and water cannon on a small protest Thursday to break up...
Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled to the Maldives on July 13 and then to Singapore, where he announced his resignation after months of protests over the country's economic meltdown. Photo: AFP
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11 August 2022
Ousted Sri Lanka president to seek haven in...
Sri Lanka's ousted leader Gotabaya Rajapaksa is seeking a new safe haven in Thailand as...

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