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Security personnel walk past a burned vehicle along a road, a day after they were torched by protesters in Colombo on May 10, 2022. (Photo by ISHARA S. KODIKARA / AFP

Mahinda flees to Navalbase as Rajapaksa houses burnt

Shoot orders in Colombo, India backs -'democracy, stability-'

11 May 2022 8:26 AM IST

Government supporters and Police clash outside the Presidents office in Colombo on May 9, 2022. - Violence raged across Sri Lanka late into the night on May 9, 2022, with five people dead and some 180 injured as prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa quit after weeks of protests. (Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)

Mahinda Rajapaksa faces calls for arrest as Sri Lanka violence claims...

Rajapaksa has been accused by the Opposition of inciting the ruling party mobs to attack peaceful protesters by making a...

10 May 2022 11:29 AM IST

Sri Lankan university students march during a protest over the countrys worst economic crisis in decades in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, April 24, 2022. Banner in Sinhalese reads, lower taxes and prices (AP/Eranga Jayawardena)

Poverty in Sri Lanka to spike this year, warns World Bank

The heightened fiscal and external risks as well as the challenging political situation pose significant uncertainty to...

26 April 2022 1:18 PM IST

A Sri Lankan man shouts anti government slogans during a protest outside Sri Lankan presidents private residence on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, March 31, 2022. (AP /Eranga Jayawardena)

Sri Lanka declares public emergency amidst protests over economic...

The move came after a violent protest erupted outside the residence of Rajapaksa on Thursday as hundreds of...

2 April 2022 10:32 AM IST