China appears to be shifting its strategic focus toward Southeast Asia and Africa, Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said, noting that South Asian countries in financial trouble aren’t getting the same attention from Beijing as before. In an interview Monday, Rajapaksa said that Sri Lanka couldn’t tap a $1.5 billion credit line from Beijing and
NEW DELHI: Sri Lanka erupted in bloody clashes on Monday after pro- and anti-government mobs attacked each other amid protests over a crippling economic crisis. The fresh violence comes on a day when Prime Minister Mahindra Rajapaksa, the all-powerful leader of Sri Lanka’s ruling family, tendered his resignation to pave way for a unity government
Issued on: 06/05/2022 – 14:45 Police again fired tear gas and water cannon at students trying to storm Sri Lanka’s parliament Friday as the country was brought to a halt by a trade union strike demanding the government step down. Months of blackouts and acute shortages of food, fuel and pharmaceuticals have caused widespread suffering
Issued on: 12/04/2022 – 04:45 Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa pleaded for “patience” Monday as thousands continued to take to the streets to protest his family’s rule, with public anger at a fever pitch over the country’s crippling economic crisis. Sri Lanka’s 22 million residents have seen weeks of power blackouts and severe shortages
Issued on: 04/04/2022 – 08:47Modified: 04/04/2022 – 08:49 Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa called for a unity government on Monday to deal with the country’s economic crisis, as cabinet ministers and the central bank governor offered to resign and stock trading was halted twice because of a plunge in share prices. The debt-laden country is
