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    Sri Lanka PM Wickremesinghe appointed acting president

    Sri Lanka PM Wickremesinghe appointed acting president

    13 Jul 2022

    Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was appointed to be acting president as incumbent Gotabaya Rajapaksa was overseas, the parliamentary Speaker announced on Wednesday as thousands of protesters demanded...

    Political quake in Sri Lanka

    Political quake in Sri Lanka

    11 Jul 2022

    The anger of the people of this island-nation has been simmering for weeks. The people had reason to be angry. The country has run out of fuel, and Prime Minister...

    VIDEO: Relaxed Lankan protesters sing, play piano in vacant Presidential Palace

    VIDEO: Relaxed Lankan protesters sing, play piano in vacant Presidential Palace

    11 Jul 2022

    Sri Lanka's colonial-era presidential palace has embodied state authority for more than 200 years, but on Sunday it was the island's new symbol of "people power" after its occupant...

    Fleeing Sri Lankan president's cash in court, succession battle begins

    Fleeing Sri Lankan president's cash in court, succession battle begins

    11 Jul 2022

    Millions of rupees in cash left behind by Sri Lanka's president when he fled his official residence was handed over to a court on Monday after being turned in by...

    Flydubai suspends operations to Sri Lanka

    Flydubai suspends operations to Sri Lanka

    11 Jul 2022

    United Arab Emirates carrier flydubai has suspended operations to Colombo in Sri Lanka until further notice, a company spokesperson told Reuters by email on Monday. "We will continue to closely...

    Sri Lankan opposition starts work on forming new cabinet

    Sri Lankan opposition starts work on forming new cabinet

    11 Jul 2022

    Sri Lanka’s opposition parties met on Sunday to agree on a new government a day after the country’s president and prime minister offered to resign following the most dramatic...

    Chandimal ton gives Sri Lanka 67-run lead over Australia in second Test

    Chandimal ton gives Sri Lanka 67-run lead over Australia in second Test

    10 Jul 2022

    Former captain Dinesh Chandimal scored a hundred as Sri Lanka reached 431-6 at stumps on day three of the second Test against Australia on Sunday. Sri Lanka now leads...

    VIDEO: Angry Sri Lankans storm Presidential Palace as Gotabaya Rajapaksa flees

    VIDEO: Angry Sri Lankans storm Presidential Palace as Gotabaya Rajapaksa flees

    09 Jul 2022

    Gulf Today Report The doom and gloom that was building up among the Sri Lankans reached a flashpoint on Saturday as the masses decided that enough was enough and...

    Sri Lanka raises interest rates to 21-year high to contain inflation

    Sri Lanka raises interest rates to 21-year high to contain inflation

    07 Jul 2022

    The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) raised its key rates by a full percentage point on Thursday to tackle record high domestic inflation and to contain any build-up of...

    Sri Lanka admits bankruptcy, warns of crisis through 2023

    Sri Lanka admits bankruptcy, warns of crisis through 2023

    05 Jul 2022

    Sri Lanka is bankrupt and the acute pain of its unprecedented economic crisis will linger until at least the end of next year, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told parliament...

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