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Explained: Who is Ranil Wickremesinghe, old warhorse with a (tough) shot at making history as Sri Lanka's President?

July 20, 2022 10:20 pm

The five-time PM inspires more confidence in western capitals and in India than many other Sri Lankan politicians. But he will first need to convince his people that he is not a Rajapaksa proxy.

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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

Sri Lanka row: The latest in the South Asian island nation's political crisis

November 13, 2018 8:42 am

Sri Lanka Supreme Court is expected to decide on the legality of January 5 snap polls announced by President Maithripala Sirisena on Tuesday.

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Modi govt officials look at Sri Lanka differently... without understanding: Gotabaya Rajapaksa

March 25, 2018 7:08 am

In his first interview since 2010, former defence secretary of Sri Lanka Gotabaya Rajapaksa spoke about the geopolitical situation in the region, the changing character of Indian diplomacy, the meaning of peace, and his own role in the war.