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Sri Lanka’s political turmoil sows worries for recovery
2 years, 5 months ago

Sri Lanka’s political turmoil sows worries for recovery

Associated Press  

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A day after Sri Lanka’s president fled, Mohamed Ishad waited outside an immigration office near the capital, clutching a file of documents that he hopes will get his passport renewed so he can leave, too. “Living in Sri Lanka right now is not good — if you want a good life, you need to leave,” he …

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Sri Lanka’s political turmoil sows worries for recovery
2 years, 5 months ago

Sri Lanka’s political turmoil sows worries for recovery

India TV News  

A day after Sri Lanka’s president fled, Mohamed Ishad waited outside an immigration office near the capital, clutching a file of documents that he hopes will get his passport renewed so he can leave, too. “Living in Sri Lanka right now is not good — if you want a good life, you need to leave,” he said. “It’s like in …

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Sri Lanka holds its breath as new PM fights to save economy
2 years, 7 months ago

Sri Lanka holds its breath as new PM fights to save economy

Associated Press  

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — It has been nearly three weeks since Ranil Wickremesinghe took over as prime minister of Sri Lanka with a daunting mandate to pull the crisis-weary country from the brink of an economic abyss that threatens to tear it apart. “A person who doesn’t have a political base has an unprecedented crisis to manage,” said Dayan Jayatilleka, …

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Rajapaksa dynasty crumbles as Sri Lanka economy tanks
2 years, 7 months ago

Rajapaksa dynasty crumbles as Sri Lanka economy tanks

Firstpost  

With soaring prices, fuel and food shortages and lengthy power cuts, Sri Lankans have been protesting for weeks, calling for both the Rajapaksas to step down. Mahinda resigned on 9 May New Delhi: With one brother president, another prime minister and three more family members cabinet ministers, it appeared that the Rajapaksa clan had consolidated its grip on power in …

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Sri Lankan power family falls from grace as economy tanks
2 years, 7 months ago

Sri Lankan power family falls from grace as economy tanks

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — With one brother president, another prime minister and three more family members cabinet ministers, it appeared that the Rajapaksa clan had consolidated its grip on power in Sri Lanka after decades in and out of government. The three Rajapaksas resigned their cabinet posts in April, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa stepped down on Monday, angry protesters attacked the …

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Sri Lankan power family falls from grace as economy tanks
2 years, 7 months ago

Sri Lankan power family falls from grace as economy tanks

LA Times  

Brothers Mahinda Rajapaksa, left, and Gotabaya Rajapaksa, center, have both served as Sri Lankan president, among other high-ranking roles. The three Rajapaksas resigned from their Cabinet posts in April, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa stepped down Monday, and President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has not been seen recently outside his heavily guarded compound. With his atypically conciliatory speech Wednesday, it is clear that …

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Sri Lanka’s ‘organic only’ policy | Sowing the seeds of a disaster
3 years ago

Sri Lanka’s ‘organic only’ policy | Sowing the seeds of a disaster

The Hindu  

From the time he began voting, Kurunegala farmer B.M.H. Acknowledging there was “some criticism and resistance” to his government’s ‘organic only’ policy, he told the summit: “In addition to chemical fertilizer lobby groups, this resistance has come from farmers who have grown accustomed to overusing fertilizer as an easy means of increasing yields.” He did not mention Sri Lankan scientists, …

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