Sri Lanka
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Sri Lanka’s old political order has collapsed. What happens next? | Charu Lata Hogg
With the president fleeing and an IMF bailout likely, the country desperately needs stabilityThe images coming…
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Sri Lanka: PM orders military to do ‘whatever it takes’ to maintain order
State of emergency declared as protesters reject premier Ranil Wickremesinghe acting as president and demand h…
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The Guardian view on Sri Lanka: good riddance to the Rajapaksas | Editorial
Mass protests forced the president to announce he will resign. But the years of his family’s corruption and in…
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Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa flees the country
Rajapaksa, 73, and his wife boarded a special air force flight bound for the Maldives, local officials saidSri…
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President of crisis-hit Sri Lanka confirms he will quit amid protests
Gotabaya Rajapaksa informs PM’s office of resignation intention as brother Basil is turned away at airport and…
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Sri Lankan opposition parties plan unity government after president quits
Prime minister as well as Rajapaksa will step down after months of protests culminated in attacks on their hom…
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Occupy Temple Trees: Sri Lankans revel in overrun presidential palace
Protesters turn compound into community kitchen and museum as they demand president’s resignationIt was once t…
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Sri Lanka: protesters set fire to prime minister’s home – video
Protesters stormed the Sri Lankan prime minister's home and set it on fire during a day of mass unrest, as the…
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Sri Lanka crisis timeline: from galloping inflation to a president’s resignation
The country’s president offered his resignation via email after months of protests against lengthy blackouts, …
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Sri Lanka protesters jump into president’s pool after storming palace in Colombo – video
Footage on social media shows protesters jumping into President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's outdoor pool after breaki…
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Sri Lanka: thousands of protesters storm president’s official residence – video
Protesters stormed the president's official residence in Sri Lanka's capital, Colombo, after clashing with pol…
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Sri Lanka: president agrees to resign amid unrest
Beleaguered Gotabaya Rajapaksa says he will step down on 13 July, following turmoil in Colombo The Sri Lankan …
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‘The family took over’: how a feuding ruling dynasty drove Sri Lanka to ruin
The inside story of Rajapaksa family infighting that toppled a country into violence and bankruptcyDilith Jaya…
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Sri Lanka limits fuel to essential services with supplies set to run out in days
Miles-long queues outside petrol stations despite ban on sales for private vehicles for at least a weekSri Lan…
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Sri Lanka suspends fuel sales for two weeks as economic crisis worsens
Ban on sales to everything except essential services comes as nation tries to conserve fuel supplies that are …