A world apart, Lebanon and Sri Lanka share economic collapse
2 years, 6 months ago

A world apart, Lebanon and Sri Lanka share economic collapse

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — Lebanon and Sri Lanka may be a world apart, but they share a history of political turmoil and violence that led to the collapse of once-prosperous economies bedeviled by corruption, patronage, nepotism and incompetence. Experts say a dozen countries — including Egypt, Tunisia, Sudan, Afghanistan and Pakistan — could suffer the same fate as Lebanon and Sri Lanka, as the post-pandemic recovery and war in Ukraine spark global food shortages and a surge in prices. In Sri Lanka, with the economy still fragile after the 2019 Easter bombings, Gotabaya pushed through the largest tax cuts in the country’s history. The U.N. World Food Program says nearly nine of 10 Sri Lankan families are skipping meals or otherwise skimping to stretch their food, while 3 million are getting emergency humanitarian aid.

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Sri Lanka to investigate allegations of official complicity in 2019 Easter bombings
1 year, 4 months ago

Sri Lanka to investigate allegations of official complicity in 2019 Easter bombings

LA Times  

Six near-simultaneous suicide bombings in churches and tourist hotels in Sri Lanka in April 2019 killed 269 people. Sri Lanka’s government will appoint a parliamentary committee to investigate allegations made in a British television report that Sri Lankan intelligence was complicit in the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that killed 269 people. A man interviewed in videos aired by Britain’s Channel …

Timeline: Sri Lanka’s worst economic, political crisis in decades
2 years, 5 months ago

Timeline: Sri Lanka’s worst economic, political crisis in decades

Al Jazeera  

Island nation mired in a deep crisis as its president flees country, days after a huge crowd of protesters stormed his residence. Sri Lanka is mired in a deep political and economic crisis and the country’s president has flown out of the country, days after a huge crowd of protesters stormed his residence. April 3: Cabinet resigns Almost all of …

Sri Lanka crisis: Why more countries are facing similar economic turmoil
2 years, 5 months ago

Sri Lanka crisis: Why more countries are facing similar economic turmoil

India Today  

Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe have said they will resign for an all-party interim government to take over. In April 2019, the Easter Sunday terror attacks hit Sri Lanka’s tourism industry, one of its biggest foreign currency earners. CHINESE TRAP China’s investments in infrastructure projects, or debt-traps, deepened Chinese influence over Sri Lanka but also …

EXPLAINER: What caused Sri Lanka’s economic collapse?
2 years, 7 months ago

EXPLAINER: What caused Sri Lanka’s economic collapse?

Associated Press  

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The South Asian nation of Sri Lanka is experiencing an unprecedented economic collapse that has pushed the government into a deep crisis. Much of the public ire has been directed at President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his brother, former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, who are blamed by critics for leading the country into the economic crisis. The …

No gas, no medicine, no food: Life in crisis-hit Sri Lanka | Exclusive
2 years, 9 months ago

No gas, no medicine, no food: Life in crisis-hit Sri Lanka | Exclusive

India Today  

As the economic crisis in Sri Lanka spirals out of control, 69-year-old Thomos from Colombo told India Today that petrol is unavailable, medicines are difficult to find and essential food items are being sold at extremely high prices in the country. ECONOMIC CRISIS IN SRI LANKA With huge debt obligations and dwindling foreign reserves, Sri Lanka has found itself unable …

Refugee crisis brews for India as Sri Lanka witnesses worst economic meltdown
2 years, 9 months ago

Refugee crisis brews for India as Sri Lanka witnesses worst economic meltdown

India TV News  

Highlights Sri Lankan economy facing worst crisis in over 70 years The island nation is witnessing scarcity of fuel amid skyrocketing prices Experts say reckless borrowings from China prime reason behind the crisis Sri Lanka economic crisis: As Sri Lanka grapples with its worst economic crisis in decades, India may be staring towards yet another refugee influx from the island …

‘India contributed to post-blast economic recovery in Lanka’
5 years, 3 months ago

‘India contributed to post-blast economic recovery in Lanka’

The Hindu  

An additional inflow of business tourists, rise in bookings for traders’/dealers’/consumers’ conferences and wedding parties from India have contributed significantly to the overall economic recovery in the last couple of months, according to a Sri Lankan Government official. Yasantha De Silva Yaddehi, Minister, Sri Lanka Deputy High Commission-Chennai said Sri Lanka had made a remarkable recovery in the last few …

Easter bombings damaged Sri Lanka economy beyond tourism
5 years, 5 months ago

Easter bombings damaged Sri Lanka economy beyond tourism

Associated Press  

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Shocks from deadly suicide bombings on Easter Sunday in Sri Lanka are reverberating throughout its economy in the worst crisis since the South Asian island nation’s civil war ended in 2009. “Sri Lanka is undergoing a severe economic crisis at present and it is manifested at both the individual and national level,” said W.A. No one …

Sri Lanka bombings: All the latest updates
5 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka bombings: All the latest updates

Al Jazeera  

A series of bombings struck churches and hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday killing more than 250 people. Sri Lanka to resume mass on Sunday: cardinal Sri Lanka’s Catholic Church said public mass will resume on Sunday, two weeks after Easter Sunday bombings killed 253 people at three churches and three luxury hotels. Sunday, April 28: Cardinal fears attacks …

6 children among 15 killed in raids on IS hideouts in Sri Lanka
5 years, 8 months ago

6 children among 15 killed in raids on IS hideouts in Sri Lanka

India Today  

The bodies of 15 people, including six children, were discovered at the site of a fierce overnight gun battle on the east coast of Sri Lanka, a military spokesman said on Saturday, six days after suicide bombers killed more than 250 people. Muslims in Sri Lanka were urged to pray at home on Friday after the State Intelligence Services warned …

LTTE to IS: Easter Blasts Biggest-ever Terror Attack in South Asia, But How Did Lanka Reach Here?
5 years, 8 months ago

LTTE to IS: Easter Blasts Biggest-ever Terror Attack in South Asia, But How Did Lanka Reach Here?

News 18  

New Delhi: The dreadful Easter Sunday bombings on churches and hotels in Sri Lanka that killed 253 people and injured hundreds more, was the biggest terror attack in the South Asian region -- and the worst bloodshed the country has seen since its civil war ended a decade ago. Erin Miller, Program Manager at Maryland's Global Terrorism Database, an open-source …

Sri Lanka searching for 140 people with suspected Islamic State links as 10,000 troops deployed
5 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka searching for 140 people with suspected Islamic State links as 10,000 troops deployed

ABC  

Sri Lankan authorities are searching for about 140 people suspected of links with the Islamic State group following the deadly Easter Sunday attacks, the country's President has said. Key points: Sri Lanka police have so far arrested 76 suspects but many more are at large Authorities are warning that more terrorist attacks could strike Sri Lanka Christians and Muslims are …

Sri Lanka revises bombings death toll down by 100
5 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka revises bombings death toll down by 100

Al Jazeera  

Authorities in Sri Lanka have lowered the death toll in a spate of Easter bombings by more than 100, saying the difficulty in identifying body parts at blast scenes led to the earlier inaccurate number. More than 70 people, including several foreigners, have been arrested since Sunday, including the father of two of the alleged suicide bombers – one of …

Sri Lanka shakes up top security posts after deadly bombings
5 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka shakes up top security posts after deadly bombings

Associated Press  

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka’s president shook up the country’s top security establishment after officials failed to act on intelligence reports warning of possible attacks before the Easter bombings that killed over 350 people, his office said Wednesday. The capital of Colombo, meanwhile, remained rattled by reports that police were continuing to conduct controlled detonations of suspicious items three …

Easter Sunday bombings: Why Sri Lanka?
5 years, 8 months ago

Easter Sunday bombings: Why Sri Lanka?

The Hindu  

The Sri Lankan government has said the Easter Sunday bombings that killed over 350 people were a retaliation for a white terrorist gunning down 50 people in two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, on March 15 last. It’s not clear if the Sri Lankan suicide bombers planned and executed the attacks in over a month’s time since the Christchurch killings …

Sri Lanka blasts: Toll rises to 359; Ranil Wickremesinghe says claims of Islamic State link to suicide bomb attacks being probed
5 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka blasts: Toll rises to 359; Ranil Wickremesinghe says claims of Islamic State link to suicide bomb attacks being probed

Firstpost  

Nearly 60 people have been detained since the Sunday blasts in Sri Lanka, which ripped through high-end hotels and churches packed with Easter worshippers in the capital Colombo and beyond. Colombo: The toll in a series of suicide bomb blasts on Easter Sunday targeting hotels and churches in Sri Lanka has risen to 359, police said Wednesday. The blasts have …

Death toll rises to 359 in Sri Lanka bombings, 18 more arrested
5 years, 8 months ago

Death toll rises to 359 in Sri Lanka bombings, 18 more arrested

India Today  

The death toll from the Easter suicide bombings in Sri Lanka rose to 359 and more suspects have been arrested, police said on Wednesday. The government has said the attacks were carried out by Islamic fundamentalists in apparent retaliation for the New Zealand mosque massacre last month but has said the seven bombers were all Sri Lankan. Meanwhile, in an …

Sri Lanka blasts: Initial probe shows attacks were 'retaliation' for New Zealand mosque shootings, says Defence Minister Ruwan Wijewardene
5 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka blasts: Initial probe shows attacks were 'retaliation' for New Zealand mosque shootings, says Defence Minister Ruwan Wijewardene

Firstpost  

Suicide bomb attacks in Sri Lanka killed more than 300 people on Easter Sunday. Fifty people were killed in shooting attacks on two mosques in the New Zealand city of Christchurch on 15 March Colombo: An initial probe into deadly suicide bomb attacks in Sri Lanka that killed more than 300 people shows it was “retaliation for Christchurch,” the country’s …

Sri Lanka never expected bombings of such magnitude: Defence Secretary
5 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka never expected bombings of such magnitude: Defence Secretary

The Hindu  

The Sri Lankan government never expected the Easter Sunday bombings of such magnitude, Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando said Tuesday and asserted that it would have been “impossible” to protect a large number of churches in the country despite receiving prior intelligence about the attacks which killed 290 people, including 8 Indians. Seven suicide bombers believed to be members of local …

The spilling of blood: The painful irony of Sri Lanka's Easter Day massacre
5 years, 8 months ago

The spilling of blood: The painful irony of Sri Lanka's Easter Day massacre

ABC  

Horrific news seems to bookend our days. There is a painful sharpness to the irony of the bombings in Sri Lanka occurring on Easter Day. The loss of life in Sri Lanka on this Easter Day is staggering. And these senseless, cowardly acts of aggression and terror in Sri Lanka this Easter have resulted in the unnecessary spilling of blood …

Sri Lanka attacks: Could the Government have done more to prevent the blasts?
5 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka attacks: Could the Government have done more to prevent the blasts?

ABC  

CCTV footage has been released, allegedly showing a suicide bomber walking into a church moments before killing Easter Sunday worshippers in Sri Lanka, according to Indian media. Key points: Sri Lanka's Foreign Intelligence Services warns of a suicidal bomb 10 days prior to the attack It is unclear if Sri Lanka's President received, or acted on the warning The country …

Sri Lanka goes silent for 3 mins as Easter blasts toll rises to 310
5 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka goes silent for 3 mins as Easter blasts toll rises to 310

India Today  

Sri Lanka observed a nationwide three-minute silence Tuesday to pay homage to more than 300 people killed in the gruesome Easter Sunday bombings, the country's worst terror attack blamed on a local previously little-known Islamist outfit. Police spokesman Ruwan Gunasekera said the death toll in a series of devastating blasts that tore through churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka …

Sri Lanka observes national mourning after deadly bombings killed over 300
5 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka observes national mourning after deadly bombings killed over 300

India Today  

After the serial blasts on Easter Sunday, Sri Lanka is observing national mourning on Tuesday, a decision taken during a meeting of the National Security Council chaired by President Sirisena. The death toll from Sri Lanka's Easter Sunday bombings has now reached 310 with several people succumbing to their injuries, according to a police spokesperson. Investigations are underway even as …

Death toll of Indians in Sri Lanka rises to 10
5 years, 8 months ago

Death toll of Indians in Sri Lanka rises to 10

India Today  

The death toll for Indian victims in the deadly Sri Lanka Easter Sunday blasts has gone up to 10, as per the latest information by the High Commission of India in Colombo. @SushmaSwaraj India in Sri Lanka April 23, 2019 The deadly serial blasts in the island nation killed 310 people on Easter Sunday. Seven suicide bombers believed to be …

Sri Lanka blasts: Timing of 'barbaric' explosions indicate coordinated attack; president, PM urge public to not believe 'false news'
5 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka blasts: Timing of 'barbaric' explosions indicate coordinated attack; president, PM urge public to not believe 'false news'

Firstpost  

On Sunday, eight blasts in Sri Lanka, including at three hotels in Colombo and three packed Catholic churches, killed 215 people and injured scores more. On Sunday, 21 April, 10 years since the 30-year-long civil war ended in the country, several explosions ripped through various parts of Sri Lanka, including three luxury hotels in Colombo and three packed Catholic churches, …

In Pictures: Sri Lanka Easter Sunday bombings
5 years, 8 months ago

In Pictures: Sri Lanka Easter Sunday bombings

Al Jazeera  

Near simultaneous explosions in at least three Sri Lankan churches and three luxury hotels have killed at least 290 people and wounded over 500. Three of the explosions took place at Catholic churches, while three others were reported at the Cinnamon Grand, Kingsbury and Shangri-La hotels, located in the heart of the capital Colombo. Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena expressed …

In Pictures: Sri Lanka Easter Sunday bombings
5 years, 8 months ago

In Pictures: Sri Lanka Easter Sunday bombings

Al Jazeera  

Near simultaneous explosions in at least three Sri Lankan churches and three luxury hotels have killed at least 290 people and wounded over 500. Three of the explosions took place at Catholic churches, while three others were reported at the Cinnamon Grand, Kingsbury and Shangri-La hotels, located in the heart of the capital Colombo. Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena expressed …

Survivors describe 'very calm' Sri Lanka suicide bomber who entered church and blew himself
5 years, 8 months ago

Survivors describe 'very calm' Sri Lanka suicide bomber who entered church and blew himself

Daily Mail  

CCTV footage captured the moment one of the suicide bombers in Sri Lanka walked into a church just moments before detonating a device, Indian media has claimed. Sri Lankan people run for safety as authorities announced an evacuation of the area after a van was found parked with a suspected explosive device near St Anthony's Church Kochchikade in Colombo Video …

Sri Lanka blast news - LIVE: Bomb attacks leave at least 200 dead with multiple hotels and churches targeted on Easter Sunday
5 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka blast news - LIVE: Bomb attacks leave at least 200 dead with multiple hotels and churches targeted on Easter Sunday

The Independent  

✕ Close Sri Lanka Easter Sunday explosions: What we know so far 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 …

Sri Lanka blasts: 207 killed in explosions at churches, hotels; attack comes in backdrop of religious intolerance
5 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka blasts: 207 killed in explosions at churches, hotels; attack comes in backdrop of religious intolerance

Firstpost  

Misinformation on social media with regard to the identity of the perpetrators of the blasts in Sri Lanka and their motivations has been widespread. Several explosions took place at three churches and three hotels in Sri Lanka on Sunday, as crowds congregated for Easter Sunday mass. Mosques and churches have regularly come under attack by extremist Buddhist groups, and have …

Sri Lanka: Pictures from the scene of horrifying bomb attacks
5 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka: Pictures from the scene of horrifying bomb attacks

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. Read our privacy policy Scenes of devastation followed multiple …

Sri Lanka bomb blasts: 207, including at least 27 foreigners, killed in multiple explosions in churches and hotels
5 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka bomb blasts: 207, including at least 27 foreigners, killed in multiple explosions in churches and hotels

Firstpost  

Shortly after those blasts in the churches of Sri Lanka were reported, police confirmed three hotels in the capital had also been hit, along with a church in the town of Batticalao, in the east of the country. At least 207 people were killed and over 500 were injured in near simultaneous blasts that rocked eight locations, including three luxury …

Multiple blasts hit Sri Lanka on Easter day | the world reacts
5 years, 8 months ago

Multiple blasts hit Sri Lanka on Easter day | the world reacts

The Hindu  

Easter Day bomb blasts at three Sri Lankan churches and three luxury hotels killed over 150 people and wounded more than 400, hospital and police officials said. "Strongly condemn the horrific terrorist attack in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday resulting in precious lives lost & hundreds injured," he tweeted. German Chancellor Angela Merkel “It is shocking that people who had …

Bomb blasts kill more than 200 in Sri Lankan churches, hotels on Easter Sunday
5 years, 8 months ago

Bomb blasts kill more than 200 in Sri Lankan churches, hotels on Easter Sunday

The Hindu  

Over 200 people were killed and nearly 500 injured in a series of blasts that shook Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday. “Most of the blasts appear to have been suicide bombings,” State Minister of Defence Ruwan Wijewardene told a press conference. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe termed the blasts as “cowardly attacks” and said his government was working to “contain the …

Sri Lanka blasts: 215 killed, 500 injured on Easter Sunday, curfew imposed
5 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka blasts: 215 killed, 500 injured on Easter Sunday, curfew imposed

Live Mint  

Colombo: A string of eight devastating blasts, including suicide attacks, struck churches and luxury hotels frequented by foreigners in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, killing 215 people and shattering a decade of peace in the island nation since the end of the brutal civil war with the LTTE. The blasts — one of the deadliest attacks in the country's history …

Multiple blasts kill scores in Colombo: Here's what we know so far
5 years, 8 months ago

Multiple blasts kill scores in Colombo: Here's what we know so far

India TV News  

After six places across Sri Lanka were rocked by deadly serial blasts, two new explosions hit a hotel in Colombo on Sunday. In one of the deadliest blasts in the country's history, at least 160 people were killed and more than 450 were injured after multiple explosions, a series of six blasts, rocked Colombo and other parts of Sri Lanka …

Sri Lanka bombing: ‘No one can dry our tears today’
5 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka bombing: ‘No one can dry our tears today’

Al Jazeera  

A series of coordinated bombings struck churches and hotels on Easter Sunday killing more than 200 people. Early on Sunday, a series of eight coordinated bomb blasts struck churches and hotels killing more than 200 people and wounding at least 450 people in Sri Lanka. We are all in shock, my kids are scared and we are very worried for …

Sri Lanka serial blasts: Indian tourist fearful of safe return after blasts strike Colombo hotels
5 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka serial blasts: Indian tourist fearful of safe return after blasts strike Colombo hotels

India Today  

As families of victims and survivors continue to reel from the shock of the serial blasts in Sri Lanka that have claimed 140 lives so far, tourists visiting the island nation are worried about their safety. Nandini said she was visiting Negombo, about 10 kms from Colombo, on Saturday night, the town that was rocked by the serial blasts on …

Sri Lanka blasts: 250 dead in Colombo, Negombo and Batticaloa
5 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka blasts: 250 dead in Colombo, Negombo and Batticaloa

CNN  

CNN — The calm of Easter Sunday was shattered by gruesome bombings that killed at least 250 people in Sri Lankan churches and hotels. Eranga Jayawardena/AP Sri Lankan security forces stand at the site near St. Anthony's shrine in Colombo after they performed a controlled detonation of a suspicious van on Monday. Eranga Jayawardena/AP Security personnel stand guard outside St. …

Sri Lanka bombings leave more than 200 dead, hundreds injured after explosions at churches and hotels
5 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka bombings leave more than 200 dead, hundreds injured after explosions at churches and hotels

ABC  

The Easter Sunday bomb blasts at Sri Lankan churches and luxury hotels have killed at least 207 people and injured more than 450. Key points: A total of eight sites have been targeted, including Christian churches and luxury hotels There were no immediate claims of responsibility for the attacks on a day of violence not seen since Sri Lanka's civil …

Sri Lanka Easter bombings: Mass casualties in churches and hotels
5 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka Easter bombings: Mass casualties in churches and hotels

Al Jazeera  

13 suspects arrested after a series of church and hotel bombings on Easter Sunday kills 207 people and wounds 450. A series of coordinated bombings struck churches and hotels on Easter Sunday killing 207 people in the worst attacks in Sri Lanka since the end of the civil war 10 years ago. 190421063103864 “In terms of law enforcement, we’ve been …

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