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Dinesh Gunawardena

22 Jul 2022

Dinesh Gunawardena sworn in as 15th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka

Dinesh Gunawardena is a veteran politician and a close ally of the Rajapaksa family He was appointed as Sri Lanka's prime minister by President Ranil Wickremesinghe This is the first appointment made by President Wickremesinghe on his first day in office

Sri Lankan crisis

22 Jul 2022

Sri Lankan security personnel dismantle protest camps outside Prez Secretariat

Armed security personnel dismantled tents of protestors amid a late-night clampdown outside the premises of the Sri Lankan Presidential Secretariat in Colombo The armed soldiers were deployed in a bid to control the protestors who have been protesting against the new Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe A large number of protestors, who confronted armed security personnel, alleged that security personnel raided the anti-govt protest camp in the capital on early Friday

Sri Lankan crisis

20 Jul 2022

Sri Lanka to elect next President today, voting underway in Parliament

Acting Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe is among the top three candidates for the Presidential election As many as 225 members of the House are eligible to vote and participate in the secret ballot to elect the new President The other two candidates are SLPP parliamentarian Dullas Alahaperuma and National People`s Power leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake

Sri Lankan crisis

19 Jul 2022

Sri Lanka crisis: Three-way fight for Presidency, acting Prez also in race

Acting Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe and two others were proposed by lawmakers as the three candidates for the July 20 presidential election Wickremesinghe will face off against Dullas Alahapperuma, a staunch Sinhala Buddhist nationalist and a key member of the breakaway group of the ruling SLPP ANd the leftist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna's Anura Kumara Dissanayake, whose name was officially announced in Sri Lankan Parliament

Gotabaya Rajapaksa

13 Jul 2022

Gotabaya flees country, India denies reports of facilitating his Maldives trip

Gotabaya Rajapaksa, his wife and two bodyguards, left aboard a Sri Lankan Air Force plane for the city of Male, the capital of the Maldives on Wednesday.

Sri Lankan crisis

13 Jul 2022

Lankan Prez Gotabaya Rajapaksa flees to Maldives ahead of expected resignation

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, his wife and two bodyguards, left aboard a Sri Lankan Air Force plane for the city of Male, the capital of the Maldives.

Sri Lankan crisis

22 Jun 2022

Our economy has 'collapsed', says Sri Lankan PM, 'aid from India NOT...'

Wickremesinghe said that his country's debt-laden economy has "collapsed" after months of shortages of food, fuel and electricity Sri Lanka cannot even purchase imported oil Sri Lanka has been facing the worst economic crisis since independence in 1948

Sri Lankan crisis

23 May 2022

Sri Lanka unrest: 1,500 people arrested in connection with May 9 violence

Sri Lankan police have arrested at least 1,500 people so far in connection with the violent clashes On May 9, Sri Lanka faced the country's worst economic crisis that led to acute shortages of staple food, fuel and power 1,500 people have been arrested in connection with the violence, online portal news first

Sri Lankan crisis

21 May 2022

Two weeks on, crisis-torn Sri Lanka lifts emergency

The move was taken with the improvement of the law and order situation in the island nation The state of emergency gave the police and the security forces sweeping power to arbitrarily arrest and detain people An inflation rate spiralling towards 40 per cent, shortages of food, fuel and medicines and power blackouts have plagued Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan crisis

11 May 2022

India NOT sending troops to Sri Lanka: 'Fully support Lanka's democrracy'

The crisis in Lanka is caused in part by a lack of foreign currency, which has meant that the country cannot afford to pay for imports of staple foods and fuel This has led to acute shortages and very high prices, triggering unprecedented anti-government protests Earlier, there have been reports that the 76-year-old Mahinda Rajapaksa has fled to India, which the Indian High Commission in Sri Lanka, had also refuted

Sri Lankan crisis

05 Apr 2022

A day after his appointment, Sri Lanka's Finance Minister resigns

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa appointed Sabry on Monday (April 4) after dissolving his cabinet and dropping his brother, Basil Rajapaksa, who previously served as finance minister.

Sri Lankan crisis

05 Apr 2022

Milk powder for Rs 1900, sugar Rs 240: A citizen explains the crisis in Lanka

Prices have shot up, which means that many people have very limited supplied No government has tried to stop corruption or try to get repayment, and the assets of those in power and their cronies have skyrocketed ' I proposed when I ran for President that declarations of assets should be in public domain, but those who are making money won't allow this," says Wijesinha

Sri Lankan crisis

03 Apr 2022

Sri Lanka arrests over 600 protestors violating curfew in Western Province

The Police said that 664 individuals were arrested in the Western Province between 10.00 pm last night and 6.00 am today. Sri Lanka announced a 36-hour curfew from Saturday to Monday ahead of the planned protest for Sunday.

Sri Lankan crisis

03 Apr 2022

Sri Lanka imposes nationwide social media blackout amid protest

Sri Lanka announced a 36-hour curfew from Saturday to Monday ahead of the planned protest for Sunday Some two dozen social media platforms were affected including Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, YouTube, Snapchat, TikTok, and Instagram.

Sri Lankan crisis

03 Apr 2022

India supplies rice, diesel to Sri Lanka as protests intensify

India has extended a part of the US 500 million oil line of credit (LoC) to Sri Lanka. India has supplied around 200,000 MT of fuel to the island nation over the last 50 days. Sri Lanka announced a 36-hour curfew from Saturday to Monday ahead of the planned protest for Sunday Some two dozen social media platforms were affected including Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, YouTube, Snapchat, TikTok, and Instagram.

Sri Lankan crisis

02 Apr 2022

Sri Lanka declares emergency as protests over economic crisis turn violent

Under the emergency regulations, the president can authorize detentions, take possession of any property, and search any premises On Thursday hundreds of protesters clashed with police and military outside President Rajapaksa's residence in Colombo's suburbs The protesters blame Rajapaksa for long power outages and shortages of essential goods

Sri Lankan crisis

01 Apr 2022

Curfew imposed in Sri Lanka as protests against economic crisis turn violent

The Lankan government does not have enough foreign exchange for fuel imports, leading to severe economic crisis The island of 22 million people is experiencing rolling blackouts for up to 12-13 hours a day The government is turning off street lights to save electricity

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