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Syria greets new dawn as Bashar al-Assad flees amid rebel uprising: List of leaders who fled their countries

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad boarded a plane and left for an unknown destination, as reported by Reuters citing officials. Dhaka: In this Monday, Aug. 5, 2024 file photo, Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina leaves the country in a helicopter as protesters storm the prime minister's palace, according to reports, in Dhaka. Rajapaksa President Gotabaya Rajapaksa: Fled Sri Lanka in July …

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‘Need a change’: Sri Lanka’s leftist win sparks hopes, bridges old divides

Al Jazeera

President Dissanayake’s party has won a two-thirds majority in parliament, including among Tamils and Muslims. Dissanayake’s National People’s Power won a landslide majority in Thursday’s parliamentary election, securing 159 seats in a house of 225 members – representing a comfortable two-thirds majority. They have shown they need a change from the old politics.” Vote for change According to political analyst …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Sri Lankans vote in parliamentary election

Deccan Chronicle

Colombo: Sri Lankans on Thursday began voting in the snap parliamentary election, the first major test of the ruling National People's Power party led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.The voting is taking place at over 13,314 polling stations across the country. Sri Lankans on Thursday began voting in the snap parliamentary election, the first major test of the ruling National …

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3 months ago

Sri Lanka has entered a new dawn with its new president. What does the diaspora think of Anura Dissanayake?

ABC

For decades, Sri Lankan politics has looked like a revolving door through which the same parties and families have come and gone. Unlike many of Sri Lanka's past presidents, Mr Dissanayake has no political lineage and is from the socialist National People's Power party which he founded in 2019. For some of Sri Lanka's younger generation the election result "was …

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3 months ago

Sri Lankans ousted Rajapaksa clan from power two years ago. Now they are back in the fray

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “People will understand, you know, because if you look …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Ramification | Sri Lanka: First presidential election after economic crisis and all weather Colombo-Delhi ties

Firstpost

Irrespective of the outcome of the election, India, as it has done in the past, will continue to support Sri Lanka in its economic recovery President Ranil Wickremesinghe and Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena gesture as they arrive at the Election Commission in Rajagiriya to submit his nomination papers for the upcoming presidential election, scheduled for September 21, in Colombo, Sri …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Sri Lankans’ fury forced the powerful Rajapaksa clan out. Now its heir is running for president

Associated Press

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — When an uprising ousted Sri Lanka’s president, many saw it as the end of his powerful family’s hold on the island nation after more than 12 years of rule. Alan Keenan, senior consultant on Sri Lanka at the International Crisis Group, said the younger Rajapaksa’s bid for the presidency is a test run that would establish …

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4 months, 1 week ago

39 candidates are approved for Sri Lanka’s presidential election, the highest number ever

Associated Press

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka’s elections commission on Thursday accepted applications from a record 39 candidates to run in next month’s presidential election, which will decide the course of the country’s financial reforms to survive an unprecedented economic crisis. Unsustainable debt, a severe balance of payments crisis, the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the government’s insistence on …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Sri Lanka appoints Ian Bell as batting coach for England tour

The Hindu

Sri Lanka Cricket has appointed former English batter Ian Bell as its batting coach ahead of its three-match Test series against England, the board announced on Tuesday. CEO of Sri Lanka Cricket, Ashley De Silva said, “We appointed Ian to bring in a person with local knowledge to help the players with key insights on the conditions there. The team …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Bangladesh becomes the latest case of student power bringing down regimes

The Hindu

In Bangladesh, weeks of protests against a quota system for government jobs turned into a broad uprising that forced Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to resign and flee the country. In April, protesters, primarily led by university students and other young people, occupied an esplanade adjoining President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s office in the capital Colombo, demanding he and his government resign. More …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Bangladesh protests echo other historic youth-led uprisings globally

New Indian Express

BANGKOK — In Bangladesh, weeks of protests against a quota system for government jobs turned into a broad uprising that forced the prime minister to flee the country and resign. Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled this week after the unrest during which nearly 300 people died, including both students and police officers. In April, protesters primarily led by university …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Heir apparent to Sri Lanka’s powerful Rajapaksa family will run in September’s presidential election

Associated Press

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The man who is considered the heir apparent to the powerful Rajapaksa family in Sri Lanka will contest the presidential election in September, his political party said Wednesday, in an apparent bid to regain his family’s lost power after a humiliating setback two years ago during an unprecedented economic crisis in the Indian ocean island nation. …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Mahinda Rajapaksa Fields Son Namal as Sri Lankan Presidential Election Battle Gets Tougher

News 18

When Namal Rajapaksa’s phone rang in the evening, it was his father — former President Mahinda Rajapaksa — on the line. It was then that his father conveyed to him that this was the decision of his party Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna after the island nation’s richest person — Dhammika Perera — changed his mind about trying his luck in …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Rajapaksas’ party fields Mahinda’s son Namal in Sri Lanka’s presidential race

The Hindu

Sri Lanka’s ruling party helmed by the Rajapaksa clan, who were booted out of office by mass protests in 2022, on Wednesday named Namal Rajapaksa, son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, as its candidate for the September presidential polls. After Mr. Gotabaya was forced to resign at the height of Sri Lanka’s crushing unprecedented economic crisis in 2022, its MPs …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Rajapaksas’ party decides against backing Ranil in presidential election

The Hindu

The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna — led by the once-powerful Rajapaksa clan which was deposed from power in 2022 — has said it will not back President Ranil Wickremesinghe in the presidential polls in September. On their party’s poll-time decision, SLPP General Secretary Sagara Kariyawasam said Mr. Wickremesinghe’s policies were not agreeable to members. Namal Rajapaksa, son of former President …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Shunyata: the influence of Buddhism on life in Sri Lanka

Hindustan Times

Poson Poya, the full moon day on which Buddhism was brought to Sri Lanka by Ashoka’s son Mahinda in 236BC was celebrated in Sri Lanka on 21st June. I found Buddha instead.” The Seema Malaka Temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Vesak night. From Kerala’s appams to Lanka’s string hoppers, from the dreaded rahu ketu in India to the rahu …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

India-Russia to run China-built Sri Lanka airport soon: Aviation Minister says in major geopolitical victory

India TV News

Colombo: In a major geopolitical victory, Sri Lanka will hand over the Mattala International Airport in Hambantota to a joint India-Russia venture “during the next few weeks” to run. It is worth mentioning that the India-Russia joint venture was awarded the management of the Mattala International Airport in Hambantota in southern Sri Lanka in April. “Action will be taken during …

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6 months, 4 weeks ago

Rajapaksas to launch political comeback bid in Sri Lanka

Deccan Chronicle

Sri Lanka's powerful Rajapaksa clan, which suffered political battering due to the country's worst economic crisis in 2022, will launch its political comeback bid on Sunday by targeting the impending elections. Former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, ex-prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and former finance minister Basil Rajapaksa were ousted from power during anti-government protests following the crippling financial and political crisis in …

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7 months, 4 weeks ago

Indian, Russian firms awarded management of Sri Lanka's Matta International Airport

The Hindu

A joint venture between an Indian and a Russian firm have been awarded the management of Sri Lanka's Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport in Hambantota, the Government spokesman said on April 26. The Sri Lankan Cabinet, which met on January 9, approved the calling of Expression of Interest by prospective parties, government spokesman and minister Bandula Gunawardena told reporters here. Accordingly, …

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9 months, 4 weeks ago

Sri Lanka’s Speaker draws flak from Opposition for ‘violating’ Constitution

The Hindu

Sri Lanka’s main Opposition party has accused parliamentary Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana of “violating” the Constitution, in clearing the appointment of a controversial official as the island’s police chief. When The Hindu contacted the Speaker for comment, he said Mr. Premadasa’s accusation was “totally baseless.” “If they think there is a violation, they have to go to the courts, not …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

Pulling Sri Lanka out of the abyss

The Hindu

On January 9, 2024, the United National Party proposed incumbent Ranil Wickremesinghe as the national presidential candidate for the elections. The first review by the IMF Board in December 2023 rated Sri Lanka’s performance as “satisfactory” meaning total IMF disbursement will be $670 million. A joint venture project between India’s Adani Group and Sri Lanka’s John Keells Holdings seeks to …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Sri Lanka top court finds Rajapaksa brothers guilty of economic crisis

Al Jazeera

The symbolic ruling says the powerful brothers – including two ex-presidents – triggered the island’s worst financial crisis. Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court has issued a symbolic ruling that the powerful Rajapaksa brothers – including two ex-presidents – were guilty of triggering the island’s worst financial crisis by mishandling the economy. The case was filed by corruption watchdog Transparency International Sri …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Bangladesh play Sri Lanka amid ‘very unhealthy’ pollution in New Delhi

Al Jazeera

Cricket World Cup match goes ahead despite appalling air quality in the polluted Indian capital. Bangladesh and Sri Lanka’s Cricket World Cup match in New Delhi was given the green light on Monday, as the smog-choked Indian capital was ranked as the planet’s most polluted major city. The air quality index near the Arun Jaitley Stadium read close to 400 …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Sri Lanka ex-president Gotabaya Rajapaksa gets clean chit in 2022 'unaccounted cash' probe

Firstpost

The Bribery Commission informed the court that further legal proceedings regarding this incident would not be taken owing to insufficient evidence to proceed with the matter, the Daily Mirror online reported on Thursday Citing lack of evidence, Sri Lanka’s anti-graft commission has dropped a case against former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa in which more than Rs 17 million was discovered by …

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Syria greets new dawn as Bashar al-Assad flees amid rebel uprising: List of leaders who fled their countries

‘Need a change’: Sri Lanka’s leftist win sparks hopes, bridges old divides

Sri Lankans vote in parliamentary election

Sri Lanka has entered a new dawn with its new president. What does the diaspora think of Anura Dissanayake?

Sri Lankans ousted Rajapaksa clan from power two years ago. Now they are back in the fray

Ramification | Sri Lanka: First presidential election after economic crisis and all weather Colombo-Delhi ties

Sri Lankans’ fury forced the powerful Rajapaksa clan out. Now its heir is running for president

39 candidates are approved for Sri Lanka’s presidential election, the highest number ever

Sri Lanka appoints Ian Bell as batting coach for England tour

Bangladesh becomes the latest case of student power bringing down regimes

Bangladesh protests echo other historic youth-led uprisings globally

Heir apparent to Sri Lanka’s powerful Rajapaksa family will run in September’s presidential election

Mahinda Rajapaksa Fields Son Namal as Sri Lankan Presidential Election Battle Gets Tougher

Rajapaksas’ party fields Mahinda’s son Namal in Sri Lanka’s presidential race

Rajapaksas’ party decides against backing Ranil in presidential election

Shunyata: the influence of Buddhism on life in Sri Lanka

India-Russia to run China-built Sri Lanka airport soon: Aviation Minister says in major geopolitical victory

Rajapaksas to launch political comeback bid in Sri Lanka

Indian, Russian firms awarded management of Sri Lanka's Matta International Airport

Sri Lanka’s Speaker draws flak from Opposition for ‘violating’ Constitution

Pulling Sri Lanka out of the abyss

Sri Lanka top court finds Rajapaksa brothers guilty of economic crisis

Bangladesh play Sri Lanka amid ‘very unhealthy’ pollution in New Delhi

Sri Lanka ex-president Gotabaya Rajapaksa gets clean chit in 2022 'unaccounted cash' probe