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Sri Lanka bill to trim president’s powers likely to become law soon: Minister
Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister Ali Sabry said on Monday a constitutional amendment bill trimming presidential powers is expected to become law in a ... World News -
Sri Lanka’s ousted president gets residence, security on return: Officials
Sri Lanka’s ousted President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was provided on Saturday with an official residence and security by the government after he returned ... World News -
Sri Lanka’s deposed president hopes to return home: Party
Sri Lanka’s deposed former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa is seeking to return home from his exile in Thailand and has asked his successor to guarantee ... World News -
Former Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa will return next week: Report
Sri Lanka’s former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa will return to the island nation next week after fleeing in July amid mass protests, local broadcaster ... World News -
Thailand confirms visit from Sri Lanka’s ousted president
Former Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will visit Thailand temporarily and does not intend to seek political asylum in the Southeast Asian ... World News -
Sri Lanka's ousted president expected to fly to Thailand: Sources
Sri Lanka’s ousted president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, is expected to arrive in Thailand on Thursday, seeking temporary shelter in a second Southeast Asian ... World News -
Singapore extends visa for Sri Lanka’s ex-president: Report
Singapore has extended a short-stay visa for Sri Lanka’s deposed president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, local media in the city-state reported on Wednesday. ... World News -
Sri Lanka’s ex-President expected to return from Singapore after fleeing protests
Former Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is expected to return home from Singapore where he has been staying for nearly two weeks after fleeing ... World News -
Rights group seeks arrest of ex-president Rajapaksa for role in Sri Lanka civil war
A rights group documenting alleged abuses in Sri Lanka has filed a criminal complaint with Singapore’s attorney general, seeking the arrest of former ... World News -
Sri Lanka’s parliament elects Ranil Wickremesinghe as next president
Sri Lankan lawmakers elected acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe as the new president on Wednesday, hoping he would pull the country out of a ... World News -
Sri Lanka’s ousted president says he ‘took all possible steps’ to avert crisis
Sri Lanka’s ousted President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled overseas this week to escape a popular uprising against his government, has said he took ... World News -
Sri Lanka parliament to elect new president on July 20: Official
Sri Lanka’s parliament will vote on a new president Wednesday, the speaker’s office said Friday following the resignation of Gotabaya Rajapaksa after ... World News -
Sri Lankan president resigns, Parliament to convene
Sri Lanka’s Parliament speaker said President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has resigned effective Thursday.Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeyweardana said Friday that ... World News -
Sri Lanka President lands in Singapore from Maldives after fleeing protests at home
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa arrived in Singapore on Thursday after fleeing months of anti-government protests that forced him to pledge to ... World News -
Sri Lanka lawmakers to pick new president but no deal on PM
Sri Lanka’s lawmakers agreed to elect a new president next week but struggled Tuesday to decide on the makeup of a new government to lift the bankrupt ... World News -
Sri Lanka president’s brother Basil stopped from flying out as anger surges
Sri Lankan immigration officials said on Tuesday they prevented the president’s brother and former finance minister Basil Rajapaksa from flying out of ... World News -
Calm on Sri Lanka’s streets as president, premier to quit over economic collapse
Calm returned to the streets of Sri Lanka’s commercial capital Colombo on Sunday and protesters were jubilant as President Gotabaya Rajapaksa agreed ... World News -
Sri Lanka’s President to step down from the presidency on July 13: Speaker
Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will step down next Wednesday, the country’s parliamentary speaker said on Saturday, bowing to popular ... World News -
Sri Lanka protesters take dip in swimming pool after storming president’s residence
Sri Lankan protesters took a dip in the garden pool of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s residence which they stormed on Saturday in one of the largest ... World News -
Sri Lanka protesters storm president’s residence, clash with police
Thousands of protesters in Sri Lanka’s commercial capital Colombo broke through police barricades and stormed the president’s official residence on ... World News -
Sri Lanka raises taxes on wine, cheese among other goods to curb imports
Cash-strapped Sri Lanka raised tariffs on a wide range of goods including wine and cheese, in a new drive to discourage imports and preserve foreign ... Economy -
Cash-strapped Sri Lanka gets Russian oil to ease shortages
Cash-strapped Sri Lanka took delivery Saturday of Russian oil - which could soon be subject to a European embargo - to restart operations at the ... World News -
Sri Lanka opposition, protesters vow to continue anti-government campaign
Sri Lanka’s main opposition party joined anti-government protesters on Friday in rejecting the appointment of a new prime minister, and insisted the ... World News -
Sri Lanka’s unions begin ‘Week of Protests’ as economic crisis deepens
Trade unions are starting their “Week of Protests” on Monday, demanding Sri Lanka’s government change and its president step down over the country’s ... World News -
Sri Lanka president declares state of emergency amid unrest
Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa Friday declared a state of emergency for the second time in five weeks, giving security forces sweeping powers ... World News -
Sri Lanka to replace ‘unrealistic’ budget, in talks to extend World Bank support
Sri Lanka plans to replace its current “unrealistic” budget and is in talks with the World Bank to extend its support by $300 million to $700 million, ... Economy -
Sri Lankan veterans protest against president Gotabaya who led them during war
Missing both legs and an arm, former special forces soldier Thushara Kumara is an unlikely critic of Gotabaya Rajapaksa, a wartime defense chief who ... World News -
Sri Lanka in talks with China for another loan to cover earlier debts
Sri Lanka’s government said on Tuesday it is discussing obtaining another loan from Beijing to repay some of its debt to Chinese banks after China ... Economy -
First killing by police in Sri Lanka protests
Sri Lanka police shot dead one man and wounded 10 others on Tuesday in the first fatal clash with demonstrators protesting the island nation’s ... World News -
Sri Lankan protesters mark new year near president’s office demanding his resignation
Sri Lankans shared milk rice and oil cakes to celebrate their traditional new year on Thursday opposite the president’s office, where they camped out ... World News