Sri Lanka ex-leader Gotabaya Rajapaksa seeks entry into Thailand | Protests News
Former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled Sri Lanka amid mass protests, requests entry into Thailand after weeks in Singapore. Former
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End protest crackdown: UN, rights groups tell Sri Lanka president | Protests News
The United Nations and several prominent international human rights organisations have condemned the repeated use of emergency regulations against peaceful
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Sri Lanka asks China to postpone ship visit after India protests | Military News
New Delhi fears its bigger and more powerful rival China will use Hambantota port as a military base in India’s
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Concerns as Sri Lanka arrests top protest leader Joseph Stalin | Protests News
Colombo, Sri Lanka – The arrest of a top protest leader as part of an ongoing crackdown and intimidation of
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Sri Lanka facing ‘great danger’, IMF talks to restart: President | Business and Economy News
Ranil Wickremesinghe makes the remarks during his speech to open a new session of the parliament in the crisis-hit nation.
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Sri Lanka protesters divided on leaving main camp amid crackdown | Protests News
Colombo, Sri Lanka – The mainly youth-led protest movement in crisis-hit Sri Lanka is divided on whether to withdraw from
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Photos: Soup kitchens in crisis-hit Sri Lanka feeding the poor | In Pictures News
With no fuel and no money for food, HG Indrani and her family of nine trudged for an hour to
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Senegal elects parliament in test for ruling party’s influence | News
The opposition hopes the vote will force a coalition with President Macky Sall and curb any ambitions he may hold
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Cost of living: ‘How to manage?’ laments Sri Lankan market vendor | Business and Economy
Colombo, Sri Lanka – Mohamed Rajabdeen’s four-wheel yellow mini-truck, known locally as a tempo, is parked at a street corner
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Sri Lanka’s parliament extends state of emergency amid crackdown | Politics News
The emergency powers enable troops to arrest and detain suspects for long periods. Sri Lanka’s parliament has extended a state
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