Tag: Lankan
Sri Lankan stocks tumble in worst session in five months
Sri Lankan stocks on Tuesday recorded their worst session since late April, as industrials, financials and energy stocks dragged the market lower for the fourth consecutive day. * The CSE…
Response to Sri Lankan raid on protest site
SRI LANKA OPPOSITION LEADER SAJITH PREMADASA ON TWITTER: “A cowardly attack on peaceful protesters, who agreed to leave today; A needless display of ego & brute force endangering innocent lives…
Response to Sri Lankan raid on protest site
SRI LANKA OPPOSITION LEADER SAJITH PREMADASA ON TWITTER: “A cowardly attack on peaceful protesters, who agreed to leave today; A needless display of ego & brute force endangering innocent lives…
Fugitive Sri Lankan president arrives in Singapore, emails resignation
Published on 07/14/2022 at 4:20 p.m. Photo credit © Reuters COLOMBO (Reuters)…
Sri Lankan president resigns, scenes of jubilation in Colombo
by Uditha Jayasinghe and Alasdair Pal COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s parliament speaker on Friday formally accepted the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled to Singapore in the face…
US urges Sri Lankan leaders to act ‘swiftly’ to restore stability
The United States on Sunday urged the future new leaders of Sri Lanka to “work quickly” to restore economic stability and calm popular discontent, after the announcement of the resignation…
After the flight of the Sri Lankan president, the opposition parties try to come together to agree on the next government
Protesters rest on sofas in the living room of the Prime Minister’s official residence, Sunday July 10. ERANGA JAYAWARDENA / AP The vagueness remains, Sunday July 10, in Sri Lanka,…
Sri Lankan PM proposes greater cabinet accountability amid economic crisis
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Sunday his government was working to hold the president and cabinet accountable to parliament after weeks of street protests sparked by the…
The Sri Lankan demonstrators pledge to continue their anti-government campaign despite the arrival of the new Prime Minister.
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa late Thursday named opposition veteran Ranil Wickremesinghe as the island nation’s prime minister, after a week of violent clashes that left nine people dead and more than…
The Sri Lankan opposition threatens to table a motion of no confidence, the industry warns against a “fall into the precipice”.
Sri Lanka’s main opposition party on Friday called on the government to take effective action to resolve an economic crisis or deal with a no-confidence vote, as business leaders in…
Container ship on fire for nine days dumps tons of plastic on Sri Lankan beaches
Posted today at 12h59 FactualAn international operation is underway to try to avoid an oil spill, the boat threatening to break and spill its fuel in the Indian Ocean. A…
Death of Sri Lankan youth in detention reignites debates over Japanese refugee policy
The two sisters and lawyer of Ratnayake Liyanage Wishma Sandamali, who died in detention, before their meeting with Japanese Minister of Justice Yoko Kamikawa in Tokyo on May 18, 2021.…