Tag: Lankas
Report dissects role of Chinese debt in Sri Lanka’s economic crisis
In Colombo (Sri Lanka), September 15, 2022. ISHARA S. KODIKARA / AFP Did Chinese loans plunge Sri Lanka into economic and political crisis in the spring? Their rapid increase, from…
Sri Lanka’s electricity regulator approves a 75% tariff hike.
“The Commission has decided to approve a fair electricity tariff, taking into consideration all these comments from the public and other stakeholders,” Janaka Ratanayke, chairman of the Sri Lanka Public…
Sri Lanka’s new president has protest camps storming
Ranil Wickremesinghe takes a tougher stance right after his inauguration. He has the army storm the most important protest camp of government critics. Military members storm a protest camp. Colombo,…
New president relies on violence: Sri Lanka’s military storms the most important protest camp
New president relies on violence Sri Lanka’s military storms main protest camp 7/22/2022, 5:27 p.m For months, people besieged the presidential office in Sri Lanka. After his predecessor fled abroad,…
In politics for decades: Sri Lanka’s parliament elects a new president
In politics for decades Sri Lanka’s parliament elects new president 07/20/2022, 11:17 am Ranil Wickremesinghe is one of Sri Lanka’s most experienced politicians. Now he’s winning the island nation’s presidential…
Sri Lanka’s President Rajapaksa is fleeing a planned resignation
People queue to visit President Rajapaksa’s residence in Colombo (July 11) . Dinuka Liyanawatte / Reuters so. / (Reuters) Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country early Wednesday, a…
Sri Lanka’s president on the run, his residence invaded by protesters
Writing with AFP 07/09/2022 at 10:05Updated 07/09/2022 at 12:51 Thousands of soldiers had been sent to Colombo on Friday to reinforce the police guarding the official residence of Gotabaya Rajapaksa.…
Sri Lanka’s president to step down, his palace invaded by protesters
Europe 1 with AFP 10:49 a.m., July 09, 2022modified to 8:10 p.m., July 09, 2022 In Sri Lanka, the situation continues to be tense between the population and the president,…
Sri Lanka’s prime minister tenders his resignation, presidential palace stormed
COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is set to step down to make way for a national unity government, his team said in a statement on Saturday,…
Protests in Sri Lanka – Presidential Palace stormed – Sri Lanka’s President “safe” – News
Thousands of demonstrators broke through the police barricades in front of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s residence in Colombo, Sri Lanka’s economic capital. Some protesters have made their way into the president’s…
Sri Lanka’s central bank is keeping rates unchanged and says earlier measures will moderate prices.
Sri Lanka’s central bank kept its key lending and borrowing rates steady on Thursday, after a massive 700 basis point hike at its previous meeting, and reiterated the need for…
Sri Lanka’s holiest elephant dies aged 68
Nadugamuwa Raja, Sri Lanka’s holiest elephant, died on Monday at the age of 68, prompting an outpouring of emotion as well as a presidential order that the enormous remains be…