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Sri Lanka summons ex-first lady in charity graft probe

September 16, 2026 admin

The Rajapaksa family has consistently denied corruption allegations and dismissed the cases against them as politically motivated. File | Photo Credit: AP Sri Lanka’s police summoned former first lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa on Wednesday (September 16, 2026) for questioning over allegations that her charity misused donations, tightening authorities’ anti-corruption drive. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s government has…

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Watch: Sri Lanka elections: what are the voters expecting?

September 20, 2024 admin

Sri Lanka elections: What are voters expecting? | Video Credit: The Hindu On September 21, Sri Lanka will vote for its new President. What sets this election apart from previous ones is that it’s the first since the country went through its worst economic crisis two years ago. The Janatha Argalaya, or the people’s struggle,…

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Frontrunners, What’s At Stake, Implications For India

September 18, 2024 admin

Sri Lanka’s 17 million voters will choose from among 39 candidates. The political landscape in Sri Lanka is set to change as its citizens elect a new President on Saturday. Sri Lanka’s 17 million voters will choose from among 39 candidates in the country’s first election after the people’s uprising of 2022, which led to…

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‘Star wars’ in Sri Lanka as astrologers squabble over best date for celebrating Sinhala, Tamil New Year

March 19, 2024 admin

Demonstrators take part in a ritual of boiling milk to mark the Shinala and Tamil New Year during their protest against Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in front of the Presidential secretariat, amid the country’s economic crisis in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on April 14, 2022. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Sri Lanka’s government-backed traditional astrologers…

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Bankrupt Sri Lanka gets China’s tentative agreement on debt restructure

October 11, 2023 admin

Wang Wenbin. File | Photo Credit: ANI Sri Lanka on October 11 welcomed China’s tentative agreement to a debt restructure, as the island nation works to restore its ruined finances after suffering its worst-ever economic crisis. The government defaulted on its $46 billion debt last year at a time when months of food and fuel…

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No international inquiry possible into 2019 Easter bombings: Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe

October 7, 2023 admin

Ranil Wickremesinghe. File | Photo Credit: AP Dismissing the possibility of an international probe into the 2019 Easter terror attacks, Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has reiterated that such an investigation into the incident was not permissible under the country’s law. Responding to Sunday’s editorial in the Catholic Church’s Messenger newspaper titled “An international investigation…

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