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Why Sri Lanka imploded

Commentary / World Jul 27, 2022

Why Sri Lanka imploded

by Kaushik Basu

Sri Lanka's ruling Rajapaksa family's ill-advised economic handouts and unsustainable policies eventually ran into a wall.

Sri Lanka troops demolish main protest camp

Asia Pacific Jul 23, 2022

Sri Lanka troops demolish main protest camp

by Sean Gleeson

Troops and police Special Task Force commandos wielding batons and armed with automatic assault rifles charged on people blockading the seafront Presidential Secretariat in Colombo.

For Sri Lanka's new leader, a daunting challenge awaits

Asia Pacific / Politics | ANALYSIS Jul 21, 2022

For Sri Lanka's new leader, a daunting challenge awaits

by Gabriel Dominguez

Ranil Wickremesinghe, who has had six stints as prime minister, is taking charge of a nation of 22 million people grappling with myriad issues even aside from the recent political turmoil.

Three-way fight to lead bankrupt Sri Lanka

World / Politics Jul 19, 2022

Three-way fight to lead bankrupt Sri Lanka

The winner will take charge of a bankrupt nation that is in talks with the IMF for a bailout, with its 22 million people enduring severe shortages of food, fuel and medicines.

Sri Lankan president hands in resignation after fleeing to Singapore

Asia Pacific Jul 15, 2022

Sri Lankan president hands in resignation after fleeing to Singapore

by Uditha Jayasinghe, Alasdair Pal and Chen Lin

The announcement triggered jubilation in the commercial capital Colombo where protesters massed outside the presidential secretariat, defying a citywide curfew.

Outgoing Sri Lankan president lands in Singapore after fleeing uprising

Asia Pacific Jul 14, 2022

Outgoing Sri Lankan president lands in Singapore after fleeing uprising

Outgoing Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa landed in Singapore on Thursday, flight tracking data showed.

The fall of the house of Rajapaksa

Commentary / World Jul 14, 2022

The fall of the house of Rajapaksa

by Brahma Chellaney

Through a combination of authoritarianism, nepotism, cronyism, and hubris, the Rajapaksa family weighed down Sri Lanka’s economy with more debt than it could possibly bear.

Sri Lankan president flees to Maldives amid protests as economic crisis spirals

Asia Pacific Jul 13, 2022

Sri Lankan president flees to Maldives amid protests as economic crisis spirals

by Uditha Jayasinghe, Devjyot Ghoshal and Waruna Cudah Nimal Karunatilake

The president's flight brings an end to the rule of the powerful Rajapksa clan that has dominated politics in the South Asian nation for the last two decades.

Once a civil war leader, now deposed: Sri Lanka's Gotabaya Rajapaksa flees nation

Asia Pacific Jul 13, 2022

Once a civil war leader, now deposed: Sri Lanka's Gotabaya Rajapaksa flees nation

by Alasdair Pal

An immigration official said Rajapaksa, his wife and two bodyguards left the country by a Sri Lankan air force plane in the early hours of the day he was due to resign.

Sri Lanka’s fallen dynasty is already planning its next comeback

Asia Pacific Jul 12, 2022

Sri Lanka’s fallen dynasty is already planning its next comeback

by Sudhi Ranjan Sen

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's 36-year-old nephew Namal Rajapaksa has already been thinking of how the family can restore its reputation over the long term

Embattled leaders in hiding, Sri Lankans ask: What’s next?

World Jul 11, 2022

Embattled leaders in hiding, Sri Lankans ask: What’s next?

by Emily Schmall and Mujib Mashal

It is clear that whoever takes the reins of the Sri Lankan government will be walking into a crisis, inheriting a crashed economy and a public that is exhausted and furious.

How Sri Lanka spiraled into crisis

World / Politics Jul 10, 2022

How Sri Lanka spiraled into crisis

by Devjyot Ghoshal and Alasdair Pal

A rundown of the major steps that led demonstrators storming the president's residence and setting fire to the prime minister's home in Colombo.

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