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November 22, 1984, Forty Years Ago: Prospects of opposition agreement for Lok Sabha polls are dim
November 22, 2024 8:02 am
This is the front page of The Indian Express published on November 22, 1984.
Sri Lanka to join RCEP trade bloc: President Ranil Wickremesinghe
August 10, 2023 10:10 pm
“Sri Lanka's economic focus should now turn towards the East, given the rapid development in that region,” Ranil Wickremesinghe said.
Sri Lanka to get new President by July 20, India envoy meets Speaker
July 17, 2022 9:57 am
This expression of support from New Delhi to the democratic process under the Sri Lankan Constitution assumes significance given that protesters are still demanding the resignation of Wickremesinghe, the entire Cabinet and senior officials.
Nirupama Subramanian writes: Where do fleeing leaders head, and why
July 17, 2022 8:19 pm
Nirupama Subramanian writes: Singapore is not the first country that comes to mind as a safe haven for political leaders seeking exile. Unlike the UAE, which welcomed Ghani on “humanitarian grounds”, Singapore put out a terse statement as Rajapaksa landed, as if to convey its discomfort.
By protecting public property instead of vandalising it, Sri Lanka’s people inaugurate a new kind of revolution
July 17, 2022 3:20 pm
The Lankan protests, marked by the joyous, party-going spirit of those who splashed about in Rajapaksa’s swimming pool, mock-wrestled on his bed and played protest songs on his piano, contrast sharply with the rioting that have tended to accompany large-scale uprisings
At Galle, street chorus: ‘Call for new Lanka, new innings’
July 10, 2022 10:47 am
Some of the protesters, those atop the fort walls in particular, did keep an eye on the cricket. But on a day when the Sri Lankan team put on their best show yet in the series, what was happening outside the ground was what mattered.
Meet the man who has the most unenviable job in Sri Lanka: Ali Sabry, Finance Minister
April 17, 2022 4:20 pm
He replaced Basil Rajapaksa who resigned earlier this month along with the rest of the cabinet — this was a move by Basil's brothers, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and PM Mahinda Rajapaksa, to appoint fresh faces in the hope of placating the angry people on the streets.
Express in Sri Lanka | Ethnic fault-lines blur as nation unites in one cry: Go Gota Go
April 10, 2022 1:18 pm
In Colombo, Saturday saw tens of thousands converge at Galle Face, the capital's main ocean front.
Five months after the Easter Sunday bomb blasts, a church in Sri Lanka picks up the pieces
October 13, 2019 5:28 am
The building wears new paint, the walls are redecorated, but amidst the new installations, there is a melancholy addition — a stone plaque in memory of the 54 killed.
Sri Lanka police chief had warned of suicide attack on Indian embassy 10 days ago
April 22, 2019 10:21 am
Police chief Pujuth Jayasundara had sent the intelligence warning to top officers on April 11 and said that a radical Muslim group, National Thowheeth Jama'ath (NTJ), was planning to carry out the suicide attacks.
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