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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
Ranil Wickremesinghe. Photo: AFP
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01 August 2022
Sri Lanka president seeks unity government to...
Sri Lanka's new president Ranil Wickremesinghe has formally invited MPs to join an all-...
Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Ranil Wickremesinghe. Photo: AFP
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25 July 2022
Sri Lanka president's office to reopen after...
Sri Lanka's besieged presidential office will reopen on Monday, police said, days after...
(File) The main terminal building of Sri Lanka’s second and first newly constructed Mattala Mahinda Rajapaksa International Airport at Mattala in Hambantota 238kms south of Colombo, Sri Lanka 18 March 2013. Photo: EPA
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22 July 2022
CIA chief says chaos-hit Sri Lanka made '...
CIA chief Bill Burns on Wednesday blamed "dumb bets" on high-debt Chinese investment as a...
Sri Lankan newly elected President Ranil Wickremesinghe (C) arrives to the Buddhist temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 20 July 2022. Photo: EPA
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21 July 2022
Six-time PM Wickremesinghe elected Sri Lanka...
Six-time prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was elected as crisis-wracked Sri Lanka's...
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18 July 2022
Protesters mark 100 days of demonstrations in Sri...
Sri Lanka’s protest movement reaches its 100th day of continuous demonstrations. After...
Protesters shout slogans in front of the president's official residence premises during the anti government protest in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Photo: EPA
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18 July 2022
Sri Lanka protest movement reaches 100 days
Sri Lanka's protest movement reached its 100th day Sunday, having forced one president...
Protesters celebrate after they stormed the Prime Minister's office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 13 July 2022. Thousands of protesters broke through police barricades and stormed into the Prime Minister's office on 13 July. Photo: EPA
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16 July 2022
Sri Lankan speaker says president's...
The resignation of Sri Lanka's president has been accepted, the crisis-hit country's...
A Saudia Airlines plane believed to be carrying Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa arrive on the tarmac at Changi Airport in Singapore, 14 July 2022. Photo: EPA
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15 July 2022
Sri Lanka president submits resignation from...
Sri Lanka's president submitted his resignation shortly after reaching Singapore on...
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13 July 2022
Police fire tear gas as thousands mob Sri Lanka...
Police fire tear gas at protesters mobbing the Prime minister's residence in Colombo as...
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa waves to public as he leaves after attending the 72nd Independence Day parade at the Independence Square in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 04 February 2020. Photo: EPA
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13 July 2022
Sri Lanka president flees to Maldives ahead of...
Sri Lanka's embattled president flew out of his country to the Maldives early Wednesday,...
Protesters shout slogans in front of the president's official residence premises during the anti government protest in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 09 July 2022. Photo: EPA
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10 July 2022
Sri Lanka leader flees as protesters storm home
Sri Lanka's beleaguered President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled his official residence in...
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06 July 2022
Sri Lankans return to cooking with firewood as...
As once relatively wealthy Sri Lanka suffers a dire economic crisis with shortages of...

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